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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 · Sec. 1629

Sec. 1629. MIGRATION OF DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEM OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TO AN OPEN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

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## SEC. 1629 MIGRATION OF DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEM OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TO AN OPEN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ###
(a)Migration Required Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall migrate the Distributed Common Ground System of the Department of the Army, including the Red Disk initiative under development at the Intelligence and Security Command, to an open system architecture to enable— ####
(1)competitive acquisition of components, services, and applications for the Distributed Common Ground System; and ####
(2)rapid competitive development and integration of new capabilities for the Distributed Common Ground System. ###
(b)Compliance With Open System Architecture Standards In carrying out the migration required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the Distributed Common Ground System— ####
(1)is in compliance with the open system architecture standards developed under the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise by the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; and ####
(2)reuses services and components of the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise. ###
(c)Open System Architecture Defined In this section, the term “open system architecture” means, with respect to an information technology system, an integrated business and technical strategy that— ####
(1)employs a modular design and uses widely supported and consensus-based standards for key interfaces; ####
(2)is subjected to successful validation and verification tests to ensure key interfaces comply with widely supported and consensus-based standards; and ####
(3)uses a system architecture that allows components to be added, modified, replaced, removed, or supported by different vendors throughout the life-cycle of the system to afford opportunities for enhanced competition and innovation while yielding— #####
(A)significant cost and schedule savings; and #####
(B)increased interoperability. ## Subtitle C Cyberspace-Related Matters
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