§499a Collection, Storage, and Sharing of Data Relating to Nuclear Security Enterprise and Nuclear Forces

Summary

Must collect and store cost, program, and technical data about programs and projects of the nuclear security enterprise and nuclear forces. The Secretary of Defense (through the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation) and the Administrator for Nuclear Security (through the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation) must gather the data and make it available quickly when those directors ask for it. The data must be kept in the Defense Cost and Resource Center’s storage system or a comparable NNSA system and may be shared with other federal agencies as the directors decide. The Department and NNSA must give the directors enough computer and security support to host and share the data. The Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors may work with the directors to make sure Naval Reactors’ data is included correctly. Any contract for these programs signed after December 11, 2017, must require data collection and reporting of cost, program, and technical information in formats approved by the two directors. The term “nuclear security enterprise” is defined in section 6101.