Sec. 824. Streamlining of requirements relating to defense business systems
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Section 2222 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each covered defense business system developed, deployed, and operated by the Department of Defense— supports efficient business processes that have been reviewed, and as appropriate revised, through business process reengineering; is integrated into a comprehensive defense business enterprise architecture; and is managed in a manner that provides visibility into, and traceability of, expenditures for the system.
The Secretary shall issue guidance to provide for the coordination of, and decisionmaking for, the planning, programming, and control of investments in covered defense business systems. The Secretary shall direct the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, the Chief Information Officer, and the Chief Management Officer of each of the military departments to issue and maintain supporting guidance, as appropriate, for the guidance of the Secretary issued under paragraph (1).
The guidance issued pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall include the following elements: Policy to ensure that the business processes of the Department of Defense are continuously evolved to— implement the most streamlined and efficient business process practicable; and enable the use of commercial off-the-shelf business systems with the fewest changes necessary to accommodate requirements and interfaces that are unique to the Department of Defense. A process to establish requirements for covered defense business systems.
Mechanisms for the planning and control of investments in covered defense business systems, including a process for the collection and review of programming and budgeting information for covered defense business systems. Policy requiring the periodic review of covered defense business systems that have been fully deployed, by portfolio, to ensure that investments in such portfolios are appropriate. The Secretary, working through the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, shall develop and maintain a blueprint to guide the development of integrated business processes within the Department of Defense.
Such blueprint shall be known as the defense business enterprise architecture . The defense business enterprise architecture shall be sufficiently defined to effectively guide implementation of interoperable defense business system solutions and shall be consistent with the policies and procedures established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The defense business enterprise architecture shall— include policies, procedures, business data standards, business performance measures, and business information requirements that apply uniformly throughout the Department of Defense; and enable the Department of Defense to— comply with all applicable law, including Federal accounting, financial management, and reporting requirements; routinely produce verifiable, timely, accurate, and reliable business and financial information for management purposes; and integrate budget, accounting, and program information and systems.
The defense business enterprise architecture shall integrate into an information technology enterprise architecture, developed by the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, which describes a target business systems computing environment for each of the major business processes conducted by the Department of Defense. The Secretary shall establish a Defense Business Council to provide advice to the Secretary on developing the defense business enterprise architecture, reengineering the Department’s business processes, and requirements for defense business systems.
The Council shall be chaired by the Deputy Chief Management Officer and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense. The membership of the Council shall include the following: The Chief Management Officers of the military departments, or their designees. The following officials of the Department of Defense, or their designees: The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics with respect to acquisition, logistics, and installations management processes.
The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) with respect to financial management and planning and budgeting processes. The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness with respect to human resources management processes. The Secretary shall ensure that a covered defense business system program cannot proceed into development (or, if no development is required, into production or fielding) unless the appropriate approval official (as specified in paragraph (2)) has determined that the covered defense business system concerned— supports a business process that has been, or is being as a result of the acquisition program, reengineered to be as streamlined and efficient as practicable consistent with the guidance issued pursuant to subsection (b), including business process mapping; is in compliance with the defense business enterprise architecture developed pursuant to subsection
(d)or will be in compliance as a result of modifications planned; has valid, achievable requirements; and is in compliance with the Department’s auditability requirements. For purposes of paragraph (1), the appropriate approval official with respect to a covered defense business system is the following: In the case of a system of a military department, the Chief Management Officer of that military department. In the case of a system of a Defense Agency or Defense Field Activity or a system that will support the business process of more than one military department or Defense Agency or Defense Field Activity, the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense. In the case of any system, such official other than the applicable official under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)as the Secretary designates for such purpose. For any fiscal year in which funds are expended for development pursuant to a covered defense business system program, the Defense Business Council shall review the system and certify (or decline to certify as the case may be) that it continues to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1). If the Council determines that certification cannot be granted, the chairman of the Council shall notify the Appropriate Approving Official and the acquisition Milestone Decision Authority for the program and provide a recommendation for corrective action. The obligation of Department of Defense funds for a covered defense business system program that has not been certified in accordance with paragraph
(3)is a violation of section 1341(a)(1)(A) of title 31. The Secretary shall ensure that, as part of the defense acquisition system, the requirements of this section are fully addressed by the Milestone Decision Authority for a covered defense business system program as acquisition process approvals are considered for such system. Not later than March 15 of each year from 2016 through 2020, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on activities of the Department of Defense pursuant to this section. Each report shall include the following: A description of actions taken and planned with respect to the guidance required by subsection
(b)and the defense business enterprise architecture developed pursuant to subsection (d). A description of actions taken and planned for the reengineering of business processes by the Defense Business Council established pursuant to subsection (e). A summary of covered defense business system funding and covered defense business systems approved pursuant to subsection (f). Identification of any covered defense business system program that during the preceding fiscal year was reviewed and not approved pursuant to subsection
(f)and the reasons for the lack of approval. Identification of any covered defense business system program that during the preceding fiscal year failed to achieve initial operational capability within five years of when the program received Milestone B approval. For any program identified under paragraph (5), a description of the plan to address the issues which caused the failure. A discussion of specific improvements in business operations and cost savings resulting from successful covered defense business systems programs. A copy of the most recent report of the Chief Management Officer of each military department on implementation of business transformation initiatives by such military department in accordance with section 908 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 ( Public Law 110–417 ; 122 Stat. 4569; 10 U.S.C. 2222 note). In this section: The term defense business system means an information system that is operated by, for, or on behalf of the Department of Defense, including any of the following: A financial system. A financial data feeder system. A contracting system. A logistics system. A planning and budgeting system. An installations management system. A human resources management system. A training and readiness system. The term does not include— a national security system; or an information system used exclusively by and within the defense commissary system or the exchange system or other instrumentality of the Department of Defense conducted for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces using nonappropriated funds. The term covered defense business system means a defense business system that is expected to have a total amount of budget authority over the period of the current future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title, in excess of the threshold established for the use of special simplified acquisition procedures pursuant to section 2304(g)(1)(B) of this title. The term covered defense business system program means a defense acquisition program to develop and field a covered defense business system or an increment of a covered defense business system. The term enterprise architecture has the meaning given that term in section 3601(4) of title 44. The term information system has the meaning given that term in section 11101 of title 40. The term national security system has the meaning given that term in section 3542(b)(2) of title 44. The term Milestone Decision Authority , with respect to a defense acquisition program, means the individual within the Department of Defense designated with the responsibility to grant milestone approvals for that program. The term business process mapping means a procedure in which the steps in a business process are clarified and documented in both written form and in a flow chart. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 of such title is amended to read as follows: 2222. Defense business systems: business process reengineering; enterprise architecture; management. . The guidance required by subsection (b)(1) of section 2222 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(1), shall be issued not later than December 31, 2016. Section 811 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 ( Public Law 109–364 ; 10 U.S.C. 2222 note) is repealed.
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- Pub. L. 110-417
- 122 Stat. 4569
- Pub. L. 109-364
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Sec. 824
Streamlining of requirements relating to defense business systems
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-417
Stat.122 Stat. 4569
Pub. L.Pub. L. 109-364
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