‘‘(2) A functional lead who is an employee of 
the element of the Department at which the project 
originates. 
‘‘(3) A technical lead who is an employee of the 
Office of Information and Technology of the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(4) A contracting officer. 
‘‘(5) Sufficient other project management, func-
tional, technical, and procurement personnel as the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘§ 8173. Information technology activities of the Fi-
nancial Services Center 
‘‘(a) MANAGEMENT.—Consistent with sections 11302 
and 11319 of title 40— 
‘‘(1) the Chief Information Officer of the De-
partment shall— 
‘‘(A) exercise authority over the manage-
ment, governance, and oversight processes relat-
ing to existing or proposed information tech-
nology of the Financial Services Center of the 
Department, or such successor office; and 
‘‘(B) supervise the information technology 
employees and contractors of the Financial 
Services Center; and
‘‘(2) the Director of the Financial Services Cen-
ter of the Department, or the head of such successor 
office, may not enter into a contract or other agree-
ment for information technology or information tech-
nology services unless the contract or other agree-
ment has been reviewed and approved by the Chief 
Information Officer. 
‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT.—The Chief Information Officer 
shall have oversight and operational authority over all in-
formation security practices of the Financial Services Cen-
ter of the Department. 
‘‘§ 8174. Submission of annual reviews of information 
technology 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Chief Information Officer of the Department, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees each 
annual review of the information technology portfolio of 
the 
Department 
conducted 
pursuant 
to 
section 
11319(d)(3) of title 40. 
‘‘(b) FIRST SUBMISSION.—The first annual review 
submitted under subsection (a) shall include a copy of 
each previous annual review conducted under section 
11319(d)(3) of title 40.
‘‘§ 8175. Information technology matters to be in-
cluded in budget justification materials 
for the Department 
‘‘(a) LIST OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS 
IN EFFECT.—The Secretary shall ensure that whenever 
the budget justification materials are submitted to Con-
gress in support of the Department budget for a fiscal 
year (as submitted with the budget of the President for 
such fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31), such 
budget justification materials include a list of every infor-
mation technology project currently in effect at the De-
partment (including not only congressional projects and 
subprojects as determined by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget or the Secretary). 
‘‘(b) PRIORITIZED LIST OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS.— 
(1) In addition to the list included in the budget justifica-
tion materials required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall ensure that the budget justification materials de-
scribed in such subsection also include summary descrip-
tions and a prioritized list, in rank order, of every informa-
tion technology project of the Department, proposed or in-
tended to be proposed for the following one, two, or three 
fiscal years, that is unfunded as of the time of the inclu-
sion of the list under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) In producing the list required by paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) ensure such list represents a ranking of all 
proposed information technology projects that re-
flects the needs of all elements of the Department; 
‘‘(B) produce one unified list for the entire De-
partment demonstrating how the various proposed 
information technology projects of each of the ele-
ments of the Department rank in priority with the 
information technology projects of the other ele-
ments of the Department; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that the list— 
‘‘(i) does not disaggregate and rank infor-
mation technology projects based on element of 
the Department; and 
‘‘(ii) does identify the element of the De-
partment requesting the information technology 
project. 
‘‘(3)(A) In producing each list under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall prioritize and rank each information 
technology project based on an assessment of each of the 
following factors: 
‘‘(i) Degree of collaboration between business 
owners and the Chief Information Officer with re-
spect to joint functional-technical planning, require-
ments, and management.