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The NEF was established under Section 111 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-93) and authorizes the transfers of unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Commerce. Authorized funding from the NEF is used for information and business technology system modernization and facilities infrastructure improvements necessary for the operation of the Department, including the Business Applications Solution (BAS) implementation, Zero Trust Architecture Cybersecurity Modernization, Grants Enterprise Management Solution (GEMS) implementation, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) Spectrum IT Modernization, and NTIA's Federal Advanced Communications Test Site (FACTS), Herbert C. Hoover Building Network Modernization, and the Bureau of Industry and - BAS: The primary goal is to implement and integrate a suite of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) administrative management systems, enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and business intelligence (BI) reporting solution, and system interfaces in a hosted environment. - Zero Trust Architecture Cybersecurity Modernization: The purpose is to support the execution of the enterprise cybersecurity program to better protect - GEMS: The primary goal is to vastly improve the performance of the grants management systems by investing in the migration to an enterprise grants management solution hosted by another Federal agency (Federal Shared Service, FSS) and decommissioning the existing legacy systems. - NTIA Spectrum IT Modernization: The primary goal is to make spectrum more available for government and commercial users. The Spectrum IT Modernization program updates NTIA's outdated spectrum IT systems, by evolving tools, processes, and data that are used to manage NTIA and - NTIA FACTS: The primary goal is to provide NTIA with accurate and actionable over-the-air measurements using precision test equipment and spectrum monitoring sensors to characterize systems, capture test events, and feed artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analytics - HCHB Network Modernization: Updated networking infrastructure is urgently required to provide reliable, resilient, and secure connectivity (wired and wireless) to the HCHB Enterprise Network. - BIS IT Network Modernization: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) supports the BIS mission through effective delivery of information technology (IT) solutions that enable policy makers and investigators to advance national security priorities. The NEF continues to support seven projects across the Department, including: 1. BAS: The BAS project modernizes administrative management systems (financial management, acquisition, property), enterprise data warehouse, and business intelligence reporting solutions across Commerce. The activities resulted in the implementation of Phase I (FY 2024 - NOAA, BIS, and rescheduled for FY 2027. Estimates indicate that once all bureaus have been deployed, the overall cost for operations and maintenance activities will 2. Zero Trust Architecture Cybersecurity Modernization: The enterprise cybersecurity program will make the Department's systems more defensible by employing Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). ZTA will enable the Department to better detect and contain our adversaries, replace ineffective deterrence like passwords with multifactor authentication (MFA) and encryption, continuously identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities, and transform our workplace culture by adopting a secure-aware mindset. 3. GEMS: DM has funded the development cost for the GEMS program. Estimates indicate that once bureaus have been deployed, the overall cost for operations and maintenance activities will be less than current costs. 4. NTIA Spectrum IT Modernization: NTIA carries out the President's authority to assign spectrum resources to radio stations belonging to and operated by the federal agencies. The federal agencies rely on the radio spectrum to execute their congressionally mandated missions, ranging from national defense, homeland security, and law enforcement to ensuring aeronautical and marine safety, conducting space travel and scientific research, and forecasting the weather accurately. Federal agencies rely on NTIA Spectrum IT systems to conduct the spectrum processes that manage federal RF-spectrum use, enabling the missions discussed above. 5. NTIA FACTS: This is an applied research program initiative that will initially focus on mid-band spectrum sharing and transition to studying other radio bands consistent with spectrum auction priorities. 6. HCHB Network Modernization: This program is legacy infrastructure modernization informed by the Department's Zero Trust Strategy. It will update the network infrastructure to provide reliable, resilient, recoverable, and supportable user accessibility to Department business unit resources, hosted within HCHB, in the cloud and through the public internet. It will also decrease cybersecurity risk and ensure compatibility with new and emerging 7. BIS IT Network Modernization: BIS must complete a holistic IT modernization to address major deficiencies in mission technology delivery, cybersecurity and data integrity, and usability. In order to execute this effort, BIS will target investments across three major IT modernization program areas data, cybersecurity, and mission applications. is expected to be obligated by the projects described above and shown on Exhibit 7 (page DM-63). Additional funding may be requested through transfers of expiring unobligated balances from across the Department. In FY 2027, the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund will continue to be funded through transfers of expiring unobligated balances from across the Department, in accordance with Public Law 116-93 which states, "That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Commerce by this or any other Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund."

Extracted from Departmental Management, p. 13. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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