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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 2500 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 234

Sec. 234. Department-wide software science and technology strategy

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall designate a single official or existing entity within the Department of Defense as the official or entity (as the case may be) with principal responsibility for guiding the direction of research and development of next generation software and software intensive systems for the Department, including the research and development of— new technologies for the creation of highly secure, reliable, and mission-critical software; and new approaches to software development, data-based analytics, and next generation management tools.
The official or entity designated under subsection
(a)shall develop a Department-wide strategy for the research and development of next generation software and software intensive systems for the Department of Defense, including strategies for— types of software innovation efforts within the science and technology portfolio of the Department; investment in new approaches to software development, data-based analytics, and next generation management tools; ongoing research and other support of academic, commercial, and development community efforts to innovate the software development, engineering, and testing process; to the extent practicable, implementing the recommendations set forth in— the final report of the Defense Innovation Board submitted to the congressional defense committees under section 872 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ; 131 Stat. 1497); and the final report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Design and Acquisition of Software for Defense Systems described in section 868 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ( Public Law 115–232 ; 10 U.S.C. 2223 note); supporting the acquisition, technology development, and test and operational needs of the Department through the development of capabilities, including personnel and infrastructure, and programs in— the science and technology reinvention laboratories (as designated under section 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note)); the facilities of the Major Range and Test Facility Base (as defined in section 2358a(f)(3) of title 10, United States Code); and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; and the transition of relevant capabilities and technologies to information technology programs of the Department, including software intensive tactical systems, enterprise systems, and business systems. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the official or entity designated under subsection
(a)shall submit to the congressional defense committees the strategy developed under subsection (b).
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Sec. 234
Department-wide software science and technology strategy
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