Sec. 1053. Report on Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure
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The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure. Such report shall include each of the following: Information relating to the current composition of the Cloud Executive Steering Group and its mission, objectives, goals, and strategy. A description of the characteristics and considerations for accelerating the cloud architecture and services required for a global, resilient, and secure information environment to enable warfighting and mission command, as validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure.
Information relating to the approved acquisition strategy and timeline for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, including estimated migration costs and timelines. A description of how the approved acquisition strategy referred to in paragraph
(3)provides for a full and open competition, enables the Department of Defense to continuously leverage and acquire new cloud computing capabilities, maintains the ability of the Department to leverage other cloud computing vendor products and services, incorporates elements to maintain security, and provides for the best performance, cost, and schedule to meet the cloud architecture and services requirements of the Department for the duration of such contract. A description of the associated Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program office, including number of personnel, overhead cost, and organizational structure. A description of the effect of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure on and the relationship of such Infrastructure to existing cloud computing infrastructure, platform, and service contracts across the Department of Defense, specifically the effect and relationship to the private cloud infrastructure of the Department, MilCloud 2.0 run by the Defense Information Systems Agency. Information relating to the most recent Department of Defense Cloud Computing Strategy and description of any initiatives to update such Strategy. Information relating to Department of Defense guidance pertaining to cloud computing capability or platform acquisition and standards, and a description of any initiatives to update such guidance. Any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines relevant. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for fiscal year 2019 for acquisition of services or associated program office support for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure of the enterprise-wide Cloud Executive Steering Group, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the report required by subsection (a).