Sec. 243. Digital development infrastructure plan and working group
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the working group established under subsection (c)(1), develop a plan for the creation of a modern digital development infrastructure that supports state of the art tools and modern processes to enable development, testing, fielding, and continuous update of artificial intelligence-powered applications at speed and scale from headquarters to the tactical edge. At a minimum, the plan required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: An open architecture, an evolving reference design, and guidance for necessary technical investments in the digital development infrastructure described in subsection
(a)that address issues, including issues relating to common interfaces, authentication, applications, platforms, software, hardware, and data infrastructure. A governance structure, together with associated policies and guidance, to drive the implementation of the reference design required by paragraph
(1)throughout the Department on a federated basis. Identification and minimum viable instantiations of prototypical development and platform environments with the digital development infrastructure, including enterprise data sets assembled under subsection (d). Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a working group on digital development infrastructure implementation to accelerate efforts aligned with the plan required by subsection (a). The working group established under paragraph
(1)shall be composed of individuals selected by the Secretary to represent each of the following: The Office of Chief Data Officer (CDO). The Component Offices of Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer. The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (OUSD (R&E)). The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD (A&S)). The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (OUSD (I&S)). Service Acquisition Executives. The Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E). The office of the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Digital development infrastructure programs, including the appropriate activities of the military services and defense agencies. Such other officials of the Department of Defense as the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense determines appropriate. The chairperson of the working group established under paragraph
(1)shall be the Chief Information Officer of the Department, or such other official as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. The working group shall consult with such experts outside of the Department as the working group considers necessary. The working group established under paragraph
(1)shall be develop the plan required by subsection (a). In addition to other duties pursuant to his or her role in the working group outlined in paragraph (c), the Secretary of Defense shall assemble enterprise data sets in the following areas: Human resources. Budget and finance. Acquisition. Logistics. Real estate. Health care. Such other areas as the Secretary considers appropriate. The Secretary shall assemble the enterprise data sets required by paragraph
(1)as a linked, cloud-based data repository adherent to data service interfaces defined in the open architecture required under subsection (b)(1). In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall support the use of artificial intelligence-enabled applications for social science analysis, business analytics, and senior leader decision support. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on— the status of the plan required by subsection (a); and the progress in carrying out subsection (d). In this section: The term digital development infrastructure means a federated, enterprise technology infrastructure that enables the following: Access to commercial cloud technologies and services for scalable computing. Sharing of data, software, and capabilities through well-documented and hardened application programming interfaces with proper access controls. Giving all Department of Defense developers, scientists, and other appropriate personnel access and resources they need to drive new digital capabilities. The term digital development infrastructure programs means the collection of managed services for platforms, cloud infrastructure, and software development that have developed across the Department.