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SEC. 872. DEFENSE INNOVATION BOARD
ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS.
(a) Study.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall direct the Defense Innovation Board to undertake
a study on streamlining software development and acquisition
regulations.
(2) MEMBER PARTICIPATION.—The Chairman of the Defense
Innovation Board shall select appropriate members from the
membership of the Board to participate in the study, and may
recommend additional temporary members or contracted support
personnel to the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of the
study. In considering additional appointments to the study,
the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that members have
significant technical, legislative, or regulatory expertise
and reflect diverse experiences in the public and private
sector.
(3) SCOPE.—The study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall—
(A) review the acquisition
regulations applicable to, and organizational structures
within, the Department of Defense with a view toward
streamlining and improving the efficiency and effectiveness
of software acquisition in order to maintain defense
technology advantage;
(B) review ongoing software development and acquisition
programs, including a cross section of programs that offer a
variety of application types, functional communities, and
scale, in order to identify case studies of best and worst
practices currently in use within the Department of Defense;
(C) produce specific and detailed recommendations for any
legislation, including the amendment or repeal of
regulations, as well as non-legislative approaches, that the
members of the Board conducting the study determine
necessary to—
(i) streamline development and
procurement of software;
(ii) adopt or adapt best practices from the private sector
applicable to Government use;
(iii) promote rapid adoption of new technology;
(iv) improve the talent management of the software
acquisition workforce, including by providing incentives
for the recruitment and retention of such workforce within
the Department of Defense;
(v) ensure continuing financial and ethical integrity in
procurement; and
(vi) protect the best interests of the Department of
Defense; and
(D) produce such additional
recommendations for legislation as such members consider
appropriate.
(4) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The
Secretary of Defense shall provide the Defense Innovation
Board with timely access to appropriate information, data,
resources, and analysis so that the Board may conduct a
thorough and independent analysis as required under this
subsection.
(b) Reports.—
(1) INTERIM REPORTS.—Not later than
150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to or brief the
congressional defense committees on the interim findings of
the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a). The Defense
Innovation Board shall provide regular updates to the
Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees
for purposes of providing the interim report.
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after the Secretary
of Defense directs the Defense Advisory Board to conduct the
study, the Board shall transmit a final report of the study to
the Secretary. Not later than 30 days after receiving the
final report, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit the
final report, together with such comments as the Secretary
determines appropriate, to the congressional defense
committees.
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Defense Innovation Board analysis of
software acquisition regulations (sec. 872)
The Senate amendment contained a
provision (sec. 882) that would require the Defense Innovation
Board to complete an analysis of software development and
acquisition regulations for the Department of Defense. This
provision would require the Secretary of Defense to report to
the congressional defense committees on the preliminary findings
no later than 150 days after the enactment of this Act. No later
than 1 year after the Secretary tasks the Defense Innovation
Board with the study, the Board should submit its report to the
Secretary; no later than 30 days after receipt, the Secretary
should submit the final report, together with such comments as
the Secretary determines appropriate, to the congressional
defense committees.
The House bill contained no similar
provision.
The House recedes with an amendment that
would provide additional focus to the scope of the analysis. |
