To provide for a report to Congress on information systems interoperability, and for other purposes.

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   Inserted: Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit a report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Select Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives on the status of the Department's efforts to--

   Inserted: (1) complete an inventory of the Department's entire information technology infrastructure;

   Inserted: (2) devise and deploy a secure comprehensive enterprise architecture that--

   Inserted: (A) promotes interoperability of homeland security information systems, including communications systems, for agencies within and outside the Department;

   Inserted: (B) avoids unnecessary duplication; and

   Inserted: (C) aids rapid and appropriate information exchange, retrieval, and collaboration at all levels of government;

   Inserted: (3) consolidate multiple overlapping and inconsistent terrorist watch lists, reconcile different policies and procedures governing whether and how terrorist watch list data are shared with other agencies and organizations, and resolve fundamental differences in the design of the systems that house the watch lists so as to achieve consistency and expeditious access to accurate, complete, and current information;

   Inserted: (4) ensure that the Department's enterprise architecture and the information systems leveraged, developed, managed, and acquired under such enterprise architecture are capable of rapid deployment, limit data access only to authorized users in a highly secure environment, and are capable of continuous system upgrades to benefit from advances in technology while preserving the integrity of stored data; and

   Inserted: (5) align common information technology investments within the Department and between the Department and other Federal, State, and local agencies responsible for homeland security to minimize inconsistent and duplicate acquisitions and expenditures.

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