Sec. 532. Improvements to employees and managers relating to emerging technologies, software development, acquisition, and sustainment
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Not later than January 1, 2024, the Director of National Intelligence, acting through the Director of Science and Technology, shall establish a cadre of personnel who are experts in emerging technologies, software development, systems integration, and acquisition, to improve the adoption by the intelligence community of commercial solutions for emerging technologies. The Director of Science and Technology— shall ensure the cadre has the appropriate number of members; shall establish an appropriate leadership structure and office within which the cadre shall be managed; and shall determine the appropriate officials to whom members of the cadre shall report.
The cadre of personnel authorized under paragraph
(1)shall be responsible for— assisting the Director of Science and Technology with continuing to develop and evolve intelligence community-wide policies, rules, and procedures to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies, including with respect to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and software development and systems integration into the intelligence community; assisting elements of the intelligence community with software development and acquisition; establishing training requirements for acquisition professionals within the intelligence community to increase the number of acquisition experts, with a particular emphasis on— the principles contained in the TechFAR Handbook for Procuring Digital Services Using Agile Processes of the U.S. Digital Service; and the requirements under parts 10 and 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, in accordance with the protocol of the Director of National Intelligence relating to such parts pursuant to section 515; and other functions as the Director of Science and Technology determines appropriate based on the evolving needs of identifying, incorporating, and maintaining evolving technology in the intelligence community. The Director of Science and Technology shall establish processes to assign members of the cadre to provide— expertise on matters relating to software development, integration, acquisition, and sustainment; and support for appropriate programs or activities of the intelligence community. The Director of Science and Technology, in coordination with the President of the Defense Acquisition University and in consultation with academia and industry, shall develop a career path, including training, development opportunities, exchanges, and talent management programs, for the cadre. The Director of Science and Technology may use existing personnel and acquisition authorities to establish the cadre, as appropriate, including— section 9903 of title 5, United States Code; authorities relating to services contracting; the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 ( 42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq. ); and authorities relating to exchange programs with industry. Civilian and military personnel from within the intelligence community may be assigned to serve as members of the cadre. The Director of Science and Technology may use amounts made available under the National Intelligence Program for the purpose of recruitment, training, and retention of members of the cadre, including by using such amounts to pay salaries of newly hired members of the cadre for up to 3 years. The Director of Science and Technology shall coordinate with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to ensure that the programs, policies, rules, and regulations relating to the cadre of the intelligence community and the cadre of the Department of Defense are consistent and streamlined. On an annual basis, the Director of Science and Technology shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the cadre, including, with respect to the period covered by the report, the following: The number of experts onboarded as part of the cadre and the backgrounds and expertise of the experts. The number of experts required for the cadre. The training requirements for the cadre. A comprehensive assessment of the value of the cadre to carry out this section, including details on specific work the cadre is carrying out to facilitate faster adoption of emerging technologies into the intelligence community. The Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the President of the Defense Acquisition University and the heads of the elements of the intelligence community that the Secretary and Director determine appropriate, shall jointly establish a training curriculum for acquisition officials within the Department of Defense and the intelligence community focused on improving the understanding and awareness of contracting authorities and procedures for the acquisition of emerging technologies. The Secretary and the Director shall ensure that the curriculum substantially relies on the principles contained in the TechFAR Handbook for Procuring Digital Services Using Agile Processes of the U.S. Digital Service. The Director shall ensure that the training curriculum under paragraph
(1)is provided to each element of the intelligence community. Not later than January 1, 2023, the Secretary and the Director shall jointly submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report containing an update on the status of the curriculum under paragraph (1). Not later than January 1, 2024, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall establish executive education activities on emerging technologies for appropriate managers within the intelligence community who are members of the Senior Intelligence Service or are paid at the GS–13, GS–14, or GS–15 levels. The activities shall be specifically designed to prepare new and existing managers on relevant technologies and how these technologies may be applied to the intelligence community. The Director, in coordination with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall develop a plan for managers described in paragraph
(1)to participate in the education activities established under such paragraph. The Director shall ensure that— the plan is tailored to each individual element of the intelligence community; and not later than 2 years after the establishment of the education activities, all such managers are required to certify that the managers have successfully completed the education activities. Not later than January 1, 2023, the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report containing an update on the executive education activities under paragraph (1). The report shall include the following: An overview of— who participated in the activities; what technologies were included in the activities and how those technologies were identified; and what other efforts are underway to ensure that the leadership of the intelligence community is able to identify, incorporate, and maintain the most advanced technology in executing the missions of the intelligence community. An identification of other incentives, activities, resources, and programs that the Director determines may be necessary to ensure that the managers described in paragraph
(1)are generally trained in the most advanced technologies.
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Sec. 532
Improvements to employees and managers relating to emerging technologies, software development, acquisition, and sustainment
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