Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73
§321i Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services
Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › § 321i
Summary
The Secretary should use ready-made commercial technology when possible to handle and share information securely. The Secretary should buy needed goods and services from commercial sources to avoid competing with private businesses.
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Title 6, §321i
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It is the sense of Congress that—
(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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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 319 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 109–295.
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6 U.S.C. § 321i
Title 6 — Domestic Security
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73