New TSA Law Supposedly Fixes Problems

President Barack Hussein Obama signed into law the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act (HR 2719) requires TSA to: Develop and share with the public a strategic 5-year technology investment plan; Share key information with the US Congress on technology acquisitions, including cost overruns, delays, or technical failures within 30 days of identifying the problem; Establish principles for managing equipment in inventory to eliminate expensive storage of unusable or outdated technologies, and Report on its goals for contracting with small businesses. HR 2719 stated that, “TSA has not consistently implemented Department of Homeland Security policies and government best practices for acquisition and procurement; TSA has only recently developed a multiyear technology investment plan, and has underutilized innovation opportunities within the private sector, including from small businesses; and has faced challenges in meeting key performance requirements for several major acquisitions and procurements, resulting in reduced security effectiveness and wasted expenditures.” HR 2719 also requires that the ToughSA (TSA) administrator after the date of enactment of the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act in late Dec. 2014, develop and submit to Congress a strategic 5-year technology investment plan that may include a classified addendum to report sensitive transportation security risks, technology vulnerabilities or other sensitive security information; and to the extent possible, publish the plan in an unclassified format in the public domain,” and do so not later than 180 days. (1) http://www.hstodaydotus/briefings/daily-news-analysis/single-article/tsa-reform-bill-signed-into-law-by-obama/423945e3da1c375031934cb4a62c01ca.html (2) http://hudson.housedotgov/uploads/12102014%20Rep.%20Hudson,%20HR2719.pdf