Sec. 942. Department of Defense management overview by the Secretary of Defense
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A Secretary of Defense serving in that position pursuant to an appointment to that position after January 20, 2017, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than each of the deadlines provided in subsection (b), a report on the management of the Department of Defense that includes, current as of the date of such report, the following: A human capital strategy to address the manner in which the Department of Defense civilian workforce is to be managed during the five-year period beginning on the date of the report, including an assessment of the mix of military, civilian, and contractor personnel required across the Department by function.
In coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, savings targets for personnel costs during the period of the most current future-years defense program under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, which targets— shall be applied across the entire Department based on individual mission requirements, and may not be percentage targets for each organization within the Department; shall use cost and function as barometers of cost savings targets, and may not achieve cost savings by billets or raw numbers of personnel in an attempt to manage and optimize a functional mix of senior, mid-career, and entry-level personnel rather than preserve an unbalanced and top-heavy upper-echelon staff based upon tenure alone.
A plan to eliminate unnecessary or redundant functions within each component of the Department. Recommendations for legislative actions for force management and shaping authorities to achieve the savings targets specified pursuant to paragraph
(3)and the elimination of functions planned pursuant to paragraph (4), which authorities shall focus on rewarding talent, managing, hiring, and divestiture of employees, and professional development of employees. A process for delayering headquarters organizations across the Department, beginning with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff and subsequently including the Defense Agencies, the combatant commands, and the Armed Forces, which process shall include— a description of low-priority or redundant functions to be eliminated and of any organizations to be consolidated; appropriate plans and charts for the reorganization of such headquarters that reflect and depict the new headquarters structure as a result of the process; and plans and mechanisms to oversee, incentivize, and reward cross-functional teams. The deadlines for the submittal of reports under subsection
(a)are December 1, 2017, and December 1 of each year thereafter though 2022.