Sec. 1607. Management and oversight of Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture
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The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Commander of United States Cyber Command, establish a program executive office (in this section referred to as the Office ) to manage and provide oversight of the implementation and integration of the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (in this section referred to as the Architecture ) and the components of the Architecture. The Deputy Secretary shall establish the Office outside of a military service.
The Deputy Secretary shall appoint the head of the Office and the head of the Office shall report to the Under Secretary and the Commander. The Deputy Secretary shall ensure that the Office includes a chief architect and a systems engineer to provide the management and oversight described in subsection (a). The Deputy Secretary shall appoint to the Office personnel from organizations with relevant and high levels of technical and operational expertise, including the following:
The Capabilities Directorate of the National Security Agency. The Information Innovation Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Strategic Capabilities Office. The Cyber Capabilities Support Office of the Air Force. The Air Force Research Laboratory. The Office of Special Projects in the Navy. The operational units of the Cyber National Mission Force and cyber components of the military services. The head of the Office shall exercise budget execution control over component programs of the Architecture that are subject to the responsibilities assigned to the Commander by section 1507 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 ; 10 U.S.C. 167b note).
The program managers of the components of the Architecture shall comply with direction from the head of the Office, without intermediary communications from the Commander or the Under Secretary to the senior acquisition executive of the relevant military service. The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency shall coordinate closely with the head of the Office in planning and executing the Constellation program via transactions under section 4021 of title 10, United States Code, between the Agency and the companies executing the components of the Architecture to create an effective framework and pipeline system for transitioning cyber applications for operational use from the Agency and other sources.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the Office and the Director shall jointly provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the status of the implementation of this section. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate third-party to perform the services covered by this subsection. Under an agreement between the Deputy Secretary and an appropriate third-party, the appropriate third-party shall— carry out an independent review of the Joint Cyberspace Warfight Architecture concept, activities, and programs of record that comprise the Architecture; and provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on the findings of the appropriate third-party with respect to the independent review conducted under clause (i).
The independent review conducted under subparagraph (A)(i) shall include an assessment of and recommendations for improving: The effectiveness of the system integration and systems engineering efforts and governance structures of the Architecture. The acquisition model of the activities compromising the Architecture, including recommendations for expanded use of Budget Activity 8 (BA–8) authorities. The pipeline for rapidly developing and incorporating new capabilities to respond to the rapidly-evolving cyber threat environment.
Such other matters as the Deputy Secretary considers appropriate. For purposes of this subsection, an appropriate third-party is a person who— is not part of the Federal Government; operates as a not-for-profit entity; and has such expertise and objectivity as the Deputy Secretary considers appropriate to carry out the independent review under paragraph (2).
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Sec. 1607
Management and oversight of Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture
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