Sec. 932. Defense Science Board assessment of United States Cyber Command
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The Defense Science Board shall conduct an assessment of the organization, missions, and authorities of the United States Cyber Command. The assessment required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: A review of the existing organizational structure of the United States Cyber Command, including— the positive and negative impact on the Command resulting from a single individual simultaneously serving as the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and the Director of the National Security Agency; the oversight activities undertaken by the Commander and the Director with regard to the Command and the Agency, respectively, including how the respective oversight activities affect the ability of each entity to complete the respective missions of such entity; the dependencies of the Command and the Agency on one another under the existing management structure of both entities, including an examination of the advantages and disadvantages attributable to the unity of command and unity of effort resulting from a single individual simultaneously serving as the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and the Director of the National Security Agency; the ability of the existing management structure of the Command and the Agency to identify and adequately address potential conflicts of interest between the roles of the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and the Director of the National Security Agency; and the ability of the Department of Defense to train and develop, through professional assignment, individuals with the appropriate subject-matter expertise and management experience to support both the cyber operations missions of the Command and the signals intelligence missions of the Agency. A review of the missions of the Command, including whether the reliance of the Command on the Agency for critical warfighting infrastructure, organization, and personnel contributes to or detracts from the ability of the Command to achieve the missions of the Command. A review of how the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and the Director of the National Security Agency implement authorities where missions intersect to ensure that the activities of each entity are conducted only pursuant to the respective authorities of each entity. Not later than 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense Science Board shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the congressional defense committees, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report containing— the results of the assessment required by subsection (a); and recommendations for improvements or changes to the organization, missions, or authorities of the United States Cyber Command. Not later than 60 days after the date on which the committees referred to in paragraph
(1)receive the report required by such paragraph, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly submit to such committees an evaluation of the findings and recommendations contained in such report. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term intelligence community has the meaning given the term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ).
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Sec. 932
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