(1) the Secretary should, to the maximum extent possible, use off-the-shelf commercially developed technologies to ensure that the Department’s information technology systems allow the Department to collect, manage, share, analyze, and disseminate information securely over multiple channels of communication; and
(2) in order to further the policy of the United States to avoid competing commercially with the private sector, the Secretary should rely on commercial sources to supply the goods and services needed by the Department.
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CHAPTER 1— HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER V— NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
§ 313. Federal Emergency Management Agency
§ 314. Authority and responsibilities
§ 316. Preserving the Federal Emergency Management Agency
§ 318. National Advisory Council
§ 319. National Integration Center
§ 320. Credentialing and typing
§ 321. The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
§ 321a. Evacuation plans and exercises
§ 321b. Disability Coordinator
§ 321c. Department and Agency officials
§ 321d. National Operations Center
§ 321f. Nuclear incident response
§ 321g. Conduct of certain public health-related activities
§ 321h. Use of national private sector networks in emergency response
§ 321i. Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services
§ 321j. Procurement of security countermeasures for Strategic National Stockpile
§ 321k. Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers
§ 321l. Guidance and recommendations
§ 321m. Voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification program
§ 321o. Integrated public alert and warning system modernization
§ 321o–1. Integrated public alert and warning system
§ 321p. National planning and education
§ 321r. Transfer of equipment during a public health emergency
§ 322. Continuity of the economy plan
§ 323. Guidance on how to prevent exposure to and release of PFAS