Sec. 882. REVIEW OF MARKET RESEARCH

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## SEC. 882 REVIEW OF MARKET RESEARCH Not later than February 1, 2019, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall review the guidance of the Department of Defense with regard to those portions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation regarding commercially available market research, including sections 10.001(a)(2)(vi) and 10.002(b), and market research practices. The review shall, at a minimum— ####

(1)assess the impact that conducting market research has on the Department’s resources; ####

(2)ensure that commercially available market research is considered among other sources of research, as appropriate, and reviewed prior to developing new requirements documents for an acquisition by the Department; ####

(3)assess the extent to which the legal or regulatory definitions of market research should be made consistent, revised, or expanded; ####

(4)assess the extent to which guidance pertaining to market research should be revised or expanded; and ####

(5)evaluate best practices in market research in public and private organizations, including use of information technologies to support such research.