6 USC § 321i - Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s321i"
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title: "6 USC § 321i - Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "321i"
section_name: "Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 520, formerly § 509, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2215; renumbered § 520, Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(6), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1395.)"
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# § 321i. Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services

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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 520, formerly § 509, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2215; renumbered § 520, Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(6), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1395.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to renumbering by .