Sec. 1637. INTEGRATION OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION OPERATIONS AND CYBER-ENABLED INFORMATION OPERATIONS
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## SEC. 1637 INTEGRATION OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION OPERATIONS AND CYBER-ENABLED INFORMATION OPERATIONS **[**[10 U.S.C. 2224 note](/us/usc/t10/s2224)**]** ###
(a)Processes and Procedures for Integration ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Defense shall— #####
(A)establish processes and procedures to integrate strategic information operations and cyber-enabled information operations across the elements of the Department of Defense responsible for such operations, including the elements of the Department responsible for military deception, public affairs, electronic warfare, and cyber operations; and #####
(B)ensure that such processes and procedures provide for integrated Defense-wide strategy, planning, and budgeting with respect to the conduct of such operations by the Department, including activities conducted to counter and deter such operations by malign actors. ####
(2)Designated senior official The Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior official of the Department of Defense (in this section referred to as the “designated senior official”) who shall implement and oversee the processes and procedures established under paragraph (1). The designated senior official shall be selected by the Secretary from among individuals serving in the Department of Defense at or below the level of an Under Secretary of Defense. ####
(3)Responsibilities The designated senior official shall have, with respect to the implementation and oversight of the processes and procedures established under paragraph (1), the following responsibilities: #####
(A)Oversight of strategic policy and guidance. #####
(B)Overall resource management for the integration of information operations and cyber-enabled information operations of the Department. #####
(C)Coordination with the head of the Global Engagement Center to support the purpose of the Center (as described section 1287(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note)) and liaison with the Center and other relevant Federal Government entities to support such purpose. #####
(D)Development of a strategic framework for the conduct of information operations by the Department of Defense, including cyber-enabled information operations, coordinated across all relevant elements of the Department of Defense, including both near-term and long-term guidance for the conduct of such coordinated operations. #####
(E)Development and dissemination of a common operating paradigm across the elements of the Department of Defense specified in paragraph
(1)to counter the influence, deception, and propaganda activities of key malign actors, including in cyberspace. #####
(F)Development of guidance for, and promotion of, the capability of the Department of Defense to liaison with the private sector, including social media, on matters relating to the influence activities of malign actors. ###
(b)Requirements and Plans for Information Operations ####
(1)Combatant command planning and regional strategy #####
(A)The Secretary shall require each commander of a combatant command to develop, in coordination with the relevant regional Assistant Secretary of State or Assistant Secretaries of State and with the assistance of the Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center and the designated senior official, a regional information strategy and interagency coordination plan for carrying out the strategy, where applicable. #####
(B)The Secretary shall require each commander of a combatant command to develop such requirements and specific plans as may be necessary for the conduct of information operations in support of the strategy required under subparagraph (A), including plans for deterring information operations, including deterrence in the cyber domain, by malign actors against the United States, allies of the United States, and interests of the United States. ####
(2)Implementation plan for dod strategy for operations in the information environment #####
(A)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the designated senior official shall— ######
(i)review the strategy of the Department of Defense titled “Department of Defense Strategy for Operations in the Information Environment” and dated June 2016; and ######
(ii)submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for implementation of such strategy. #####
(B)Elements The plan required under subparagraph
(A)shall include, at a minimum, the following: ######
(i)An accounting of the efforts undertaken in support of the strategy described in subparagraph (A)(i) in the period since it was issued in June 2016. ######
(ii)A description of any updates or changes to such strategy that have been made since it was first issued, as well as any expected updates or changes resulting from the designation of the designated senior official. ######
(iii)A description of the role of the Department of Defense as part of a broader whole-of-Government strategy for strategic communications, including a description of any assumptions about the roles and contributions of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government with respect to such a strategy. ######
(iv)Defined actions, performance metrics, and projected timelines for achieving each of the 15 tasks specified in the strategy described in subparagraph (A)(i). ######
(v)An analysis of any personnel, resourcing, capability, authority, or other gaps that will need to be addressed to ensure effective implementation of the strategy described in subparagraph (A)(i) across all relevant elements of the Department of Defense. ######
(vi)An investment framework and projected timeline for addressing any gaps identified under clause (v). ######
(vii)Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense considers relevant. #####
(C)Periodic status reports Not less frequently than once every 90 days during the three-year period beginning on the date on which the implementation plan is submitted under subparagraph (A)(ii), the designated senior official shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing the status of the efforts of the Department of Defense in accomplishing the tasks specified under clauses
(iv)and
(vi)of subparagraph (B). ###
(c)Training and Education Consistent with the elements of the implementation plan under paragraph (2), the designated senior official shall recommend the establishment of programs to provide training and education to such members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense as the Secretary considers appropriate to ensure that such members and employees understand the role of information in warfare, the central goal of all military operations to affect the perceptions, views, and decision making of adversaries, and the effective management and conduct of operations in the information environment.
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