Sec. 522. Report on potential benefits of establishment of ICWERX
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees an assessment of whether the intelligence community would benefit from the establishment of an organization to be known as ICWERX , the mission and activities of which would incorporate lessons learned from AFWERX of the Air Force (or such successor program), the Defense Innovation Unit of the Department of Defense, and other programs and elements of the Federal Government with a focus on technology or innovation. The report under subsection
(a)shall include the following: A review of the avenues for small- and medium-sized emerging technology companies to provide to the intelligence community artificial intelligence or other technology solutions, including an identification, for each of the 5 years preceding the year in which the report is submitted, of the annual number of such companies that have provided the intelligence community with such solutions. A review of the processes by which the heads of the elements of the intelligence community acquire and transition commercial research of small- and medium-sized emerging technology companies in a prototype or other early developmental stage. An assessment of— whether the intelligence community is postured to incorporate the technological innovations of emerging technology companies, including in software and hardware; and any areas in which the intelligence community lacks resources, authorities, personnel, expertise, or institutional mechanisms necessary for such incorporation. An assessment of the potential costs and benefits associated with the establishment of ICWERX in accordance with subsection (a).