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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 4638 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 909

Sec. 909. Establishment of Chief Management Officer; elevation of Director of Administration and Management

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Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 132 the following new section: There is a Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Chief Management Officer shall oversee all duties of the Performance Improvement Officer of the Department of Defense. The Chief Management Officer shall be appointed from among persons who have an extensive management or business background and experience with managing large or complex organizations.
Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Chief Management Officer shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary may prescribe, including the following: Responsibility for establishment and implementation of the Department of Defense Strategic Management Plan. Responsibility for the Defense Performance Improvement Council. Responsibility for the Defense Performance Improvement Framework, as established under section 125a of this title.
Responsibility for the execution of not less than two Defense Management Action Group agendas annually relating to the Strategic Management Plan. Oversight of transformational business modernization of the Department of Defense. Oversight of implementation of solutions to solve issues identified by the High Risk List, and other recommendations, of the Government Accountability Office. Serving as the lead official devoted to modernizing the business processes of the Department that serve as the baseline for all external acquisition and internal operations.
Oversight and management of the Defense Management Institute. Serving as an ex officio member of the Defense Business Council. Maintaining convening authority within the Department for the responsibilities described in this subsection, and in accordance with the precedence described in subsection (c). The Chief Management Officer takes precedence in the Department of Defense after the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. The Chief Management Officer shall be compensated at the rate payable for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5. .
Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the following new item: Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 132 the following new item: 133. Chief Management Officer. . Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— issue guidance to clearly delineate the authorities and responsibilities of the Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense; and provide a charter for the position of the Chief Management Officer to fully vest the authority of the Chief Management Officer within the Department of Defense.
The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to identify the appropriate staffing requirement in support the role of the Chief Management Officer in overseeing the Defense Management Institute under section 133 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). The Comptroller General of the United States shall— review the duties, staffing, and funding of the Performance Improvement Officer of the Department of Defense as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and make recommendations with respect to the necessity of expanding the duties and staffing, and increasing funding, for the Performance Improvement Officer.
The individual serving as the Director of Administration and Management of the Department of Defense on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall serve, on and after that date, as the Chief Management Officer established by section 133 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, any reference in any law or regulation to the Director of Administration and Management shall be deemed to be a reference to the Chief Management Officer.
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