[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR3002.101]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
     CHAPTER 30--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, HOMELAND SECURITY 
                      ACQUISITION REGULATION (HSAR)
 
Sec. 3002.101  Definitions.

    Chief Information Officer (CIO) means the Director of the Office of 
the CIO.
    Chief of the Contracting Office (COCO) means the individual(s) 
responsible for managing the contracting office(s) within a Component.
    Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) means the Senior Procurement 
Executive (SPE).
    Component means the following entities for purposes of this chapter:
    (1) Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP);
    (2) Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE);
    (3) DHS Office of Procurement Operations (OPO);
    (4) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
    (5) Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC);
    (6) Transportation Security Administration (TSA); (TSA is exempt 
from the HSAR and HSAM, pursuant to the ``Aviation and Transportation 
Security Act of 2001'');
    (7) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); and
    (8) U.S. Secret Service (USSS).
    Contracting activity includes all the contracting offices within a 
Component and is the same as the term ``procuring activity.''
    Contracting officer means an individual authorized by virtue of 
position or by appointment to perform the functions assigned by the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation and the Homeland Security Acquisition 
Regulation.
    Head of the Agency means the Secretary of the Department of Homeland 
Security, or, by delegation, the Under Secretary of Management.
    Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) means the individual 
responsible for direct management of the entire acquisition function 
within a Component.
    Legal counsel means the Department of Homeland Security Office of 
General Counsel or Component office providing legal services to the 
contracting organization.
    Legal review means review by legal counsel.
    Major system means an acquisition as defined in Management Directive 
Number 1400, Investment Review Process.
    Micro-purchase threshold is defined as in (FAR) 48 CFR 2.101, except 
when (HSAR) 48 CFR 3013.7003(a) applies.
    Organizational Element (OE) means the following entities for 
purposes of this chapter:
    (1) Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP);
    (2) Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE);
    (3) DHS Office of Procurement Operations (OPO);
    (4) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (Includes all 
elements of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate);
    (5) Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC);
    (6) Transportation Security Administration (TSA); (TSA is exempt 
from the HSAR and HSAM according to the ``Aviation and Transportation 
Security Act of 2001'');
    (7) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); and

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    (8) U.S. Secret Service (Secret Service).
    Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) for the Department of Homeland 
Security is the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO).
    Sensitive Information as used in this Chapter, means any 
information, the loss, misuse, disclosure, or unauthorized access to or 
modification of which could adversely affect the national or homeland 
security interest, or the conduct of Federal programs, or the privacy to 
which individuals are entitled under 5 U.S.C. 552a (the Privacy Act), 
but which has not been specifically authorized under criteria 
established by an Executive Order or an Act of Congress to be kept 
secret in the interest of national defense, homeland security or foreign 
policy. This definition includes the following categories of 
information:
    (1) Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) as set out 
in the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 (Title II, 
Subtitle B, of the Homeland Security Act, Pub. L. 107-296, 196 Stat. 
2135), as amended, the implementing regulations thereto (6 CFR part 29) 
as amended, the applicable PCII Procedures Manual, as amended, and any 
supplementary guidance officially communicated by an authorized official 
of the Department of Homeland Security (including the PCII Program 
Manager or his/her designee);
    (2) Sensitive Security Information (SSI), as defined in 49 CFR part 
1520, as amended, ``Policies and Procedures of Safeguarding and Control 
of SSI,'' as amended, and any supplementary guidance officially 
communicated by an authorized official of the Department of Homeland 
Security (including the Assistant Secretary for the Transportation 
Security Administration or his/her designee);
    (3) Information designated as ``For Official Use Only,'' which is 
unclassified information of a sensitive nature and the unauthorized 
disclosure of which could adversely impact a person's privacy or 
welfare, the conduct of Federal programs, or other programs or 
operations essential to the national or homeland security interest; and
    (4) Any information that is designated ``sensitive'' or subject to 
other controls, safeguards or protections in accordance with 
subsequently adopted homeland security information handling procedures.
    Simplified acquisition threshold is defined as in (FAR) 48 CFR 
2.101, except when (HSAR) 48 CFR 3013.7004 applies.

[68 FR 67871, Dec. 4, 2003, as amended at 71 FR 25767, May 2, 2006; 71 
FR 48801, Aug. 22, 2006; 72 FR 1297, Jan. 11, 2007]

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