451 1 uation-related methods and their application to de- 2 fense acquisitions 3 c DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN DUTIES --After January 4 31 2018-- 5 1 any duties under this section to be discharged 6 by the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the De- 7 partment of Defense shall be discharged by the Chief 8 Management Officer of the Department of Defense 9 and 10 2 any duties under this section to be discharged 11 by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 12 Technology and Logistics shall be discharged by the 13 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 14 Sustainment 15 SEC 937 PILOT PROGRAMS ON DATA INTEGRATION STRAT- 16 17 EGIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE a PILOT PROGRAMS REQUIRED --The Secretary of 18 Defense shall acting through the Chief Management Officer 19 of the Department of Defense carry out pilot programs to 20 develop data integration strategies for the Department of 21 Defense to address high-priority challenges of the Depart22 ment 23 b SCOPE OF PILOT PROGRAMS --The pilot programs 24 required by subsection a shall involve data integration HR 2810 PAP 452 1 strategies to address challenges of the Department with re2 spect to the following 3 1 The budget of the Department 4 2 Logistics 5 3 Personnel security and insider threats 6 4 At least two other high-priority challenges of 7 the Department identified by the Secretary for pur- 8 poses of this section 9 c ELEMENTS --In developing a data integration 10 strategy to address a challenge of the Department for pur11 poses of a pilot program under this section the Secretary 12 shall do the following 13 1 Identify the elements of the Department and 14 the officials of such elements to be involved in car- 15 rying out the data integration strategy 16 17 2 Specify the elements of the data integration strategy 18 3 Specify the policies of the Department if 19 any to be modified or waived in order to facilitate 20 the carrying out of the data integration strategy by 21 enabling timely and continuous sharing of informa- 22 tion needed to solve the challenge concerned 23 d REPORT -- 24 1 IN 25 GENERAL --Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary HR 2810 PAP 453 1 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 2 report on the pilot programs to be carried out under 3 this section 4 2 ELEMENTS --The report shall include the fol- 5 lowing 6 A A description of each pilot program in- 7 cluding the challenge of the Department to be ad- 8 dressed by such pilot program and the manner 9 in which the data integration strategy under 10 such pilot program will address the challenge 11 B If the carrying out of any pilot pro- 12 gram requires legislative action for the waiver or 13 modification of a statutory requirement that pre- 14 vents or impedes the carrying out of the pilot 15 program a recommendation for legislative action 16 to waive or modify such statutory requirement 17 SEC 938 BACKGROUND AND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS 18 FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL 19 20 21 a TRANSITION TO DISCHARGE RITY BY DEFENSE SECU- SERVICE -- 1 IN GENERAL --The Secretary of Defense has 22 the authority to conduct security suitability and 23 credentialing background investigations In carrying 24 out such authority the Secretary may use such au- 25 thority or may delegate such authority to another en- HR 2810 PAP                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu