# Acquisition and Operations Analysis

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Operations and Support  
**Source document:** Science and Technology Directorate · p. 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/acquisition-and-operations-analysis  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 77.7 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 77.7 |
| FY2027 | request | 91.8 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Transfer 1 - Transfer for Financial Professionals Program: This transfer supports the cost of program management for the Financial Professional Program (FPP) in Management Directorate (MGMT)/ Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCFO) and this is a two-year professional development program that recruits, trains, and retains entry-level analysts to serve in critical financial management positions of accounting and budget across the DHS Components. The DHS OCFO will coordinate bringing the FPP cohort onboard annually and matching them to Components. The cohorts will follow a rigorous training and development plan, also coordinated through DHS OCFO. Transfer 2 - Transfer for C-UAS Program Executive Office: The establishment of a dedicated Program Executive Office (PEO) within S&T represents a strategic effort to advance the Secretary's vision for Air Dominance, respond to the evolving counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C- UAS) threat environment, and support key operational priorities. Serving as the Department's central authority for C-UAS strategy, authorization oversight, incident monitoring, and event coordination, the new PEO will provide unified leadership and direction. This centralized structure will enable a coordinated and efficient approach to achieving Air Dominance objectives. Transfer 3 - Transfer for Derived Personal Identify Verification (PIV) Credential: Transfers funds to the Management Directorate, Office of the Chief Security Officer Enterprise Security Services Division to support Derived PIV Credential Service, which are required for DHS issued mobile devices and provides data security. This transfer will reduce administrative workloads, leverage economies of scale, and ensure procurement Science and Technology Directorate Operations and Support Transfer 4 - 2026 Realignment for Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIA): Transfers the costs associated with this project to the Innovative Research and Foundational Tools mission area within the Research, Development, and Innovation PPA, based on. DHS-updated guidance for 31 U.S.C. section 1301(a) to explicitly allow research and development activities to occur under PIA. This project will no longer have any AOA Science and Technology Directorate Operations and Support


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Science and Technology Directorate › Operations and Support › Acquisition and Operations Analysis


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*