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performance requirements and appropriately address 
an identified homeland security capability gap. 
‘‘(4) An assessment of whether Congress should 
authorize, in addition to the program required under 
section 318(c)(2), a training program for Depart-
ment employees to be trained in requirements writ-
ing and acquisition, that— 
‘‘(A) is prepared in consultation with the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition 
Academy and the Defense Acquisition Univer-
sity; and 
‘‘(B) if the Secretary determines that such 
additional training should be authorized by 
Congress, includes specification about— 
‘‘(i) the type, skill set, and job series 
of Department employees who would ben-
efit from such training, including an esti-
mate of the number of such employees; 
‘‘(ii) a suggested curriculum for the 
training; 
‘‘(iii) the type and skill set of edu-
cators who could most effectively teach 
those skills; 
‘‘(iv) the length and duration of the 
training; 
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‘‘(v) the advantages and disadvan-
tages of training employees in a live class-
room, or virtual classroom, or both; 
‘‘(vi) cost estimates for the training; 
and 
‘‘(vii) the role of the Directorate in 
supporting the training. 
‘‘(b) USE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TER.—The Secretary is encouraged to use a federally 
funded research and development center to assist the Sec-
retary in carrying out the requirements of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 320. CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. 
‘‘In establishing a system to collect feedback under 
section 318(c)(3), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) create a formal process for collecting feed-
back from customers on the effectiveness of the 
technology or services delivered by Directorate of 
Science and Technology, including through random-
ized sampling, focus groups, and other methods as 
appropriate; 
‘‘(2) develop metrics for measuring customer 
satisfaction and the usefulness of any technology or 
service provided by the Directorate; and 
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‘‘(3) establish standards and performance meas-
ures to be met by the Directorate in order to provide 
high-quality customer service. 
‘‘SEC. 321. RESEARCH PROGRESS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
system to monitor the progress of Directorate for Science 
and Technology research, development, testing, and eval-
uation activities, including the establishment of initial and 
subsequent research milestones. 
‘‘(b) SYSTEM.—The system established under sub-
section (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) identify and monitor the progress toward 
research milestones; 
‘‘(2) allow the Directorate to provide regular re-
ports to its customers regarding the status and 
progress of research efforts of the Directorate; 
‘‘(3) allow the Secretary to evaluate how a tech-
nology or service produced as a result of the Direc-
torate’s programs has affected homeland security ca-
pability gaps; and 
‘‘(4) allow the Secretary to report the number 
of products and services developed by the Direc-
torate that have been transitioned into acquisition 
programs. 
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‘‘(c) GUIDANCE.—The Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology shall publicize and implement guidance on 
setting valid initial and subsequent research milestones for 
homeland security research funded by the Directorate. 
‘‘SEC. 322. REPORT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
‘‘(1) by not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of sections 320 and 321 identifying 
what actions have been taken to carry out the re-
quirements of these sections; and 
‘‘(2) annually thereafter describing— 
‘‘(A) research milestones for each large 
project with a Federal cost share greater than 
$80,000,000 that have been successfully met 
and missed, including for each missed mile-
stone, an explanation of why the milestone was 
missed; and 
‘‘(B) customer feedback collected and the 
success of the Directorate in meeting the cus-
tomer service performance measures and stand-
ards, including an evaluation of the effective-
ness of the technology or services delivered by 
the Directorate.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) is amended in the items relating to subtitle 
D of title II— 
(1) in the item relating to the heading for the 
subtitle, by striking ‘‘Office of’’; 
(2) in the item relating to section 231, by strik-
ing ‘‘office’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Science and 
Technology’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
items: 
‘‘Sec. 318. Research prioritization and requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 319. Professional development. 
‘‘Sec. 320. Customer feedback. 
‘‘Sec. 321. Research progress. 
‘‘Sec. 322. Report. 
SEC. 202. TESTING, EVALUATION, AND STANDARDS. 
Section 308 (6 U.S.C. 188) is amended by adding 
at the end of the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TEST, EVALUATION, AND STANDARDS DIVI-
SION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Directorate of Science and Technology a Test, 
Evaluation, and Standards Division. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Test, Evaluation, and 
Standards Division shall be headed by a Director of 
Test, Evaluation, and Standards, who shall be ap-
pointed by the Secretary and report to the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology. 
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‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES, 
AUTHORITIES, 
AND 
FUNCTIONS.—The Director of Test, Evaluation, and 
Standards— 
‘‘(A) is the principal adviser to the Sec-
retary, the Under Secretary of Management, 
and the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology on all test and evaluation or standards 
activities in the Department; and 
‘‘(B) shall— 
‘‘(i) prescribe test and evaluation poli-
cies for the Department, which shall in-
clude policies to ensure that operational 
testing is done at facilities that already 
have relevant and appropriate safety and 
material certifications to the extent such 
facilities are available; 
‘‘(ii) oversee and ensure that adequate 
test and evaluation activities are planned 
and conducted by or on behalf of compo-
nents of the Department in major acquisi-
tion programs of the Department, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, based on risk, 
acquisition level, novelty, complexity, and 
size of the acquisition program, or as oth-
erwise established in statute; 
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‘‘(iii) review major acquisition pro-
gram test reports and test data to assess 
the adequacy of test and evaluation activi-
ties conducted by or on behalf of compo-
nents of the Department; and 
‘‘(iv) review available test and evalua-
tion infrastructure to determine whether 
the Department has adequate resources to 
carry out its testing and evaluation respon-
sibilities, as established under this title. 
‘‘(4) DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST 
AND EVALUATION.—Within the Division there shall 
be a Deputy Director of Operational Test and Eval-
uation, who— 
‘‘(A) is the principal operational test and 
evaluation official for the Department; and 
‘‘(B) shall— 
‘‘(i) monitor and review the oper-
ational testing and evaluation activities 
conducted by or on behalf of components 
of the Department in major acquisition 
programs of the Department, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, based on risk, 
acquisition level, novelty, complexity, and 
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size of the acquisition program, or as oth-
erwise established in statute; 
‘‘(ii) provide the Department with as-
sessments of the adequacy of testing and 
evaluation activities conducted in support 
of major acquisitions programs; and 
‘‘(iii) have prompt and full access to 
test and evaluation documents, data, and 
test results of the Department that the 
Deputy Director considers necessary to re-
view in order to carry out the duties of the 
Deputy Director under this section. 
‘‘(5) STANDARDS EXECUTIVE.—Within this Di-
vision, there shall be a Standards Executive as de-
scribed in Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–119. The Standards Executive shall— 
‘‘(A) implement the Department’s stand-
ards policy as described in section 102(g); and 
‘‘(B) support the Department’s use of 
technical standards that are developed or adopt-
ed by voluntary consensus standards bodies in 
accordance with section 12(d) of the National 
Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 
1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note). 
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‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—The Division is not required 
to carry out operational testing. 
‘‘(7) EVALUATION
OF
DEPARTMENT
OF
DE-
FENSE
TECHNOLOGIES.—The Director of Test, 
Evaluation, and Standards may evaluate tech-
nologies currently in use or being developed by the 
Department of Defense to assess whether they can 
be leveraged to address homeland security capability 
gaps.’’. 
SEC. 203. EXTERNAL REVIEW. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE 
UNDER SECRETARY.—Section 302 (6 U.S.C. 183) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end 
of paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) developing and overseeing the administra-
tion of guidelines for periodic external review of re-
search and development programs or activities, in-
cluding through— 
‘‘(A) consultation with experts, including 
scientists and practitioners, about the research 
and development activities conducted by the Di-
rectorate of Science and Technology; and 
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‘‘(B) ongoing independent, external re-
view— 
‘‘(i) initially at the division level; or 
‘‘(ii) when divisions conduct multiple 
programs focused on significantly different 
subjects, at the program level.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report to Congress 
not later than 60 days after the completion of the first 
review under section 302(15)(B) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (a) of this 
section on— 
(1) the findings of the review; and 
(2) any future efforts to ensure that the De-
partment’s research programs or activities are sub-
ject to external review, as appropriate. 
SEC. 204. OFFICE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 313 (6 U.S.C. 193) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 313. OFFICE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is estab-
lished an Office of Public-Private Partnerships in the Di-
rectorate of Science and Technology. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by a Di-
rector, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Di-
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rector shall report to the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director, in coordina-
tion with the Private Sector Office of the Department, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) engage and initiate proactive outreach ef-
forts and provide guidance on how to pursue pro-
posals to develop or deploy homeland security tech-
nologies (including regarding Federal funding, regu-
lation, or acquisition), including to persons associ-
ated with small businesses (as that term is defined 
in the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.)); 
‘‘(2) coordinate with components of the Depart-
ment to issue announcements seeking unique and in-
novative homeland security technologies to address 
homeland security capability gaps; 
‘‘(3) promote interaction between homeland se-
curity researchers and private sector companies in 
order to accelerate transition research or a prototype 
into a commercial product and streamline the han-
dling of intellectual property; and 
‘‘(4) conduct technology research assessment 
and marketplace analysis for the purpose of identi-
fying, leveraging, and integrating best-of-breed tech-
nologies and capabilities from industry, academia, 
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