; and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: (b) Acquisition responsibilities Notwithstanding section 11315 of title 40, United States Code, the acquisition responsibilities of the Chief Information Officer, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management, shall include the following: (1) Oversee the management of the Homeland Security Enterprise Architecture and ensure that, before each acquisition decision event (as such term is defined in section 830), approved information technology acquisitions comply with departmental information technology management processes, technical requirements, and the Homeland Security Enterprise Architecture, and in any case in which information technology acquisitions do not comply with the Department’s management directives, make recommendations to the Acquisition Review Board regarding such noncompliance. (2) Be responsible for providing recommendations to the Acquisition Review Board regarding information technology programs, and be responsible for developing information technology acquisition strategic guidance. . 214. Acquisition authorities for Program Accountability and Risk Management (a) In general Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following: 713. Acquisition authorities for Program Accountability and Risk Management (a) Establishment of Office There is in the Management Directorate of the Department an office to be known as Program Accountability and Risk Management . The purpose of the office is to— (1) provide consistent accountability, standardization, and transparency of major acquisition programs of the Department