Sec. 244. REPORT ON DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT EXPERIMENTAL

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## SEC. 244 REPORT ON DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT EXPERIMENTAL Not later than May 1, 2019, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (in this section referred to as the “Unit”). Such a report shall include the following: ####

(1)The integration of the Unit into the broader Department of Defense research and engineering community to coordinate and de-conflict activities of the Unit with similar activities of the military departments, Defense Agencies, Department of Defense laboratories, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, the Small Business Innovation Research Program, and other entities. ####

(2)The metrics used to measure the effectiveness of the Unit and the results of these metrics. ####

(3)The number and types of transitions by the Unit to the military departments or fielded to the warfighter. ####

(4)The impact of the Unit’s initiatives, outreach, and investments on Department of Defense access to technology leaders and technology not otherwise accessible to the Department including— #####

(A)identification of— ######

(i)the number of non-traditional defense contractors with Department of Defense contracts or other transactions resulting directly from the Unit’s initiatives, investments, or outreach; and ######

(ii)the number of traditional defense contractors with contracts or other transactions resulting directly from the Unit’s initiatives; #####

(B)the number of innovations delivered into the hands of the warfighter; and #####

(C)how the Department is notifying its internal components about participation in the Unit. ####

(5)The workforce strategy of the Unit, including whether the Unit has appropriate personnel authorities to attract and retain talent with technical and business expertise. ####

(6)How the Department of Defense is documenting and institutionalizing lessons learned and best practices of the Unit to alleviate the systematic problems with technology access and timely contract or other transaction execution. ####

(7)An assessment of management and bureaucratic challenges to the effective and efficient execution of the Unit’s missions, especially with respect to contracting and personnel management.