Sec. 1515. Assessment and optimization of Department of Defense information operations within the cyber domain
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Principal Information Operations Advisor and the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command, shall complete both an assessment and an optimization plan for integrating all information and influence operations within cyberspace across the Department of Defense. The assessment under subsection
(a)shall include the following: An inventory of the components of the Department of Defense conducting information and influence operations within cyberspace. An examination of sufficiency of resources allocated for information and influence operations within cyberspace. An evaluation of the command and control, oversight, and management of matters related to information and influence operations within cyberspace across the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff. Any other matters determined relevant by the Principal Information Operations Advisor and the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command. The optimization plan under subsection
(a)shall include the following: Actions that the Department will implement to integrate all Department information and influence operations within cyberspace in a manner that ensures the proper level of visibility, unity of effort, synchronization, and deconfliction. Coordination procedures within the Department to ensure that coordination with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command takes place with regard to unity of effort, synchronization, deconfliction of information and influence operations within cyberspace. An evaluation of potential organizational changes required to optimize information and influence operations within cyberspace. Any other matters determined relevant by the Principal Information Operations Advisor and the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command. Not later than 30 days after completing the assessment and optimization plan under subsection (a), the Principal Information Operations Advisor and the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command, shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the assessment and plan. Not later than 180 days after the date on which the briefing is provided under subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall implement the optimization plan under subsection (a).