Sec. 1533. GAO review of cyberspace operations management
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Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a comprehensive review of the management by the Secretary of Defense of matters relating to the conduct of, and preparation for, cyberspace operations. The review under subsection
(a)shall include an evaluation and assessment by the Comptroller General of the following: The number of commands, organizations, units, and personnel (including an identification of the rank and grade thereof) responsible for conducting cyberspace operations across the Department of Defense. The command and control relationships associated with such commands, organizations, units, and personnel. The number of command staff, secretariats, organizations, units, and personnel (including an identification of the rank and grade thereof) with any responsibility for budgetary, personnel, policy, or training matters, including the management of such matters, affecting cyberspace operations across the Department of Defense. The ratio of personnel specified in paragraph
(1)determined to be fully trained and qualified, as defined by the Commander of the United States Cyber Command, relative to the total number of such personnel assigned to operational billets. The ratio of personnel specified in paragraph (3), relative to the total number of personnel assigned to billets within the Cyber Mission Force of the United States Cyber Command. How the ratio determined pursuant to paragraph
(5)with respect to the personnel described in such paragraph compares to such ratio with respect to personnel in other warfighting disciplines, such as air-to-air combat, infantry operations, or long range fires. An assessment of potential duplication in effort or cost between the various entities specified in paragraph
(3)with any responsibility for budgetary, personnel, policy, or training matters, including the management of such matters, affecting cyberspace operations across the Department of Defense. The extent to which there is a senior official of the Department of Defense who is accountable to the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the Department of Defense has an effective and efficient force structure, and has trained and ready forces, necessary to conduct cyberspace operations at all echelons (including strategic, operational, and tactical echelons). Any other matters the Comptroller General determines appropriate. In carrying out the review under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall take into consideration, at a minimum, the following: Office of the Department of Defense Principal Cyber Advisor. Office of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer. Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. Office of the Deputy Director for Global Operations, J-39, Joint Staff. Office of the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computers/Cyber and Chief Information Officer, J-6, Joint Staff. Office of the Department of the Army Principal Cyber Advisor. Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7. Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2. Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6. United States Army Training & Doctrine Command. United States Army Cyber Command. Office of the Department of the Navy Principal Cyber Advisor. Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare. United States Fleet Forces Command. Naval Information Forces. United States Fleet Cyber Command. Office of the Department of the Air Force Principal Cyber Advisor. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, A2/6, Air Staff. Air Combat Command. 16th Air Force. Office of the United States Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Information. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command. Office of the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, Space Staff. Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 45 days thereafter until the date of the final submission under subsection (e), the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees interim briefings on the assessment under subsection (a). The Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees the final results of the assessment under subsection
(a)in such form and at such time as may be mutually agreed upon by the Comptroller General and the committees.