; (3) limiting, avoiding, mitigating, accepting, or transferring any identified risk; (4) sharing relevant information with other executive agencies as determined appropriate by the Council in a manner consistent with section 1323(a) of this title; (5) reporting on progress and effectiveness of the agency’s supply chain risk management consistent with guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget and the Council; and (6) ensuring that all relevant information, including classified information, with respect to acquisitions of covered articles that may pose a supply chain risk, consistent with section 1323(a) of this title, is incorporated into existing processes of the agency for conducting assessments described in subsection (a) and ongoing management of acquisition programs, including any identification, investigation, mitigation, or remediation needs. (c) Interagency acquisitions (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), in the case of an interagency acquisition, subsection (a) shall be carried out by the head of the executive agency whose funds are being used to procure the covered article. (2) Assisted acquisitions In an assisted acquisition, the parties to the acquisition shall determine, as part of the interagency agreement governing the acquisition, which agency is responsible for carrying out subsection (a). (3) Definitions In this subsection, the terms assisted acquisition and interagency acquisition have the meanings given those terms in section 2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). (d) Assistance The Secretary of Homeland Security may— (1) assist executive agencies in conducting risk assessments described in subsection (a) and implementing mitigation requirements for information and communications technology