Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-102
§321i Use of Commercially Available Technology, Goods, and Services
Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER V — NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › § 321i
Summary
Congress says the Secretary should, as much as possible, use ready-made commercial technology so the Department can securely handle information, and buy needed goods and services from private firms to avoid competing with them.
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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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Editorial Notes
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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102