Sec. 596. Report regarding best practices for community engagement
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments shall jointly submit to Congress a report on best practices for coordinating relations with State and local governmental entities in the State of Hawaii. The best practices referred to in subsection
(a)shall address each of the following issues: Identify comparable locations with joint base military installations or of other densely populated metropolitan areas with multiple military installations and summarize lessons learns from any similar efforts to engage with the community and public officials. Identify all the major community engagement efforts by the services, commands, installations and other military organizations in the State of Hawaii. Evaluate the current community outreach efforts to identify any outreach gaps or coordination challenges that undermine the military engagement with the local community and elected official in the State of Hawaii. Propose options available to create an enhanced, coordinated community engagement effort in the State of Hawaii based on the department’s evaluation. Resources to support the coordination described in this subsection, including the creation of joint liaison offices that are easily accessible to public officials to facilitate coordinating relations with State and local governmental agencies.