Sec. 221. Social science, management science, and information science research activities
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The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall carry out a program of research and development in social science, management science, and information science. The purposes of the program required under subsection
(a)are as follows: To ensure that the Department of Defense has access to innovation and expertise in social science, management science, and information science to enable the Department to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Department’s operational and management activities. To coordinate all research and development within the Department in the fields of social science, management science, and information science. To enhance cooperation and collaboration on research and development in the fields of social science, management science, and information science among the Department of Defense and appropriate private sector and international entities that are involved in such research and development. To develop and manage a portfolio of research initiatives in fundamental and applied social science, management science, and information science that is stable, consistent, and balanced across relevant disciplines. To accelerate efforts to transition and deploy technologies and concepts derived from research and development in the fields of social science, management science, and information science into the Department of Defense, and to establish policies, procedures, and standards for measuring the success of such efforts. To collect, synthesize, and disseminate critical information on research and development in the fields of social science, management science, and information science. To support the missions and systems of the Department by developing the fields of social science, management science, and information science, including by supporting— appropriate research and innovation in such fields; and the development of an industrial base in such fields, including development of the facilities, workforce, and infrastructure that comprise such industrial base. The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall supervise the planning, management, and coordination of the program under subsection (a). The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the heads of relevant Defense Agencies, shall— prescribe a set of long-term challenges and a set of specific technical goals for the program, including— optimization of analysis of national security data sets; development of defense-related management innovation activities; improving the operational use of social science, management science, and information science innovations by military commanders and civilian leaders; improving understanding of the fundamental social, cultural, and behavioral forces that shape the strategic interests of the United States; and developing a Department of Defense workforce capable of developing and leveraging innovations and best practices in the fields of social science, management science, and information science to support defense missions; develop a coordinated and integrated research and investment plan for meeting near-term, mid-term, and long-term national security, defense-related, and Department management challenges that— includes definitive milestones; provides for achieving specific technical goals; and builds upon the investments of the Department, other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and the commercial sector in the fields of social science, management science, and information science; develop plans for— the development of the Department’s workforce in social science, management science, and information science; and enhancing awareness of social science, management science, and information science within the Department; and develop memoranda of agreement, joint funding agreements, and such other cooperative arrangements as the Under Secretary determines necessary for carrying out the program under subsection (a). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall develop and issue guidance for defense-related social science, management science, and information science activities, including— classification and data management plans for such activities; policies for control of personnel participating in such activities to minimize the effects of the loss of intellectual property in social science, management science, and information science considered sensitive to the Federal Government; and ensuring transition of social science, management science, and information science research findings into Department strategic documents. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall regularly update the guidance issued under paragraph (4). The Secretary of each military department may establish or designate an entity or activity under the jurisdiction of such Secretary, which may include a Department of Defense Laboratory, to serve as a research center in the fields of social science, management science, and information science. Each such research center shall engage with appropriate public sector and private sector organizations, including academic institutions, to enhance and accelerate the research, development, and deployment of social science, management science, and information science within the Department. The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that not less than one research center is established or designated under paragraph
(1)by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than December 31, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the program. The report required under paragraph
(1)may be submitted in unclassified or classified form.