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PART 3002 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS


PART 3002 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS


PART 3002 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS


Subpart 3002.1 Definitions
3002.101 Definitions.
Subpart 3002.2 Abbreviations
3002.270 Abbreviations.

Subpart 3002.1 Definitions

3002.101 Definitions.

Chief Information Oficer (CIO) means the Director of the Office of the CIO.

Chief of the Contracting Ofice (COCO) means the individual(s) responsible for managing the contracting office(s) within an organizational element (OE).

Chief Procurement Oficer (CPO) means the Senior Procurement Executive (SPE).

Contracting activity includes all the contracting offices within an OE and is the same as the term "procuring activity."

Contracting oficer 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 Contracting Activity (HCA) means the individual responsible for direct management of the entire acquisition function within an organizational element.

Head of the Agency means the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, or, by delegation, the Under Secretary of Management.

Legal counsel means the Department of Homeland Security Office of General Counsel or OE 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:

(4) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (Includes all elements of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate);

(6) Transportation Security Administration (TSA); (TSA is exempt from the HSAR and HSAM according to the "Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001");

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 section 552a of title 5, United States Code (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, Public Law 107-296, 196 Stat. 2135), as amended, the implementing regulations thereto (Title 6, Code of Federal Regulations, 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 Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1520, as amended, “Policies and Procedures of Safeguarding and Control of S SI,” 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

Simplified acquisition threshold is defined as in (FAR) 48 CFR 2.101, except when (HSAR) 48 CFR 3013.7004 applies.

Subpart 3002.2 Abbreviations

3002.270 Abbreviations.

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CIO

Chief Information Officer

COCO

Chief of the Contracting Office

COR

Contracting Officers Representative

COTR

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

CPO

Chief Procurement Officer

D&F

Determination and Findings

DOTBCA

Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

HCA

Head of Contracting Activity

J & A

Justification and Approval for Other than Full and Open Competition

KO

Contracting officer

MD

Management Directive

OCPO

Office of the Chief Procurement Officer

OE

Organizational Element

OIG

Office of the Inspector General

OSDBU

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

PCR

SBA's Procurement Center Representative

RFP

Request for Proposal

SBA

Small Business Administration

SBS

Small Business Specialist

SPE

Senior Procurement Executive

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