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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 · Sec. 908

Sec. 908. MANAGEMENT INNOVATION ACTIVITIES

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## SEC. 908 MANAGEMENT INNOVATION ACTIVITIES **[**[10 U.S.C. 129a note](/us/usc/t10/s129a)**]** ###
(a)In General The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a set of activities to improve the effectiveness of management activities within the Department of Defense, with the goals of incorporating appropriate private sector management practices and technologies and enhancing the capabilities of the defense management workforce. ###
(b)Management Activities Subject to the total force management requirements under section 129a of title 10, United States Code, the activities carried out under subsection
(a)may include the following: ####
(1)Public-private partnerships with appropriate private sector and government organizations. ####
(2)Personnel exchange programs with appropriate industry, academic, and government organizations to enhance the capabilities of the defense management workforce. ####
(3)Research, development, and technology and business process prototyping activities to create new technological capabilities to support management missions, or development and testing of new management concepts and business transformation activities. ####
(4)The designation of appropriate organizations to lead management innovation activities. ####
(5)A process by which defense business process owners and other personnel of the Department of Defense can identify management and business process challenges and opportunities that could be addressed by activities carried out under this section. ####
(6)Processes to develop, prototype, test, and field new business processes and practices to improve defense management capabilities. ####
(7)Academic research and educational activities related to defense management missions to promote— #####
(A)development of innovative management concepts; #####
(B)analyses and addressing of appropriate management challenges; and #####
(C)development of programs and activities to develop the defense management workforce. ####
(8)Academic research and independent studies from federally funded research and development centers assessing lessons learned from previous Departmental management reform initiatives and whether legacy organizations exist and should be consolidated. ###
(c)Plan Required Not later than February 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for carrying out the activities under this section. ###
(d)Briefings ####
(1)Initial briefing Not later than July 1, 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees an initial briefing on the activities carried out and plans developed under this section. ####
(2)Subsequent briefing On a date occurring after the briefing under paragraph (1), but not later than July 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the activities carried out and plans developed under this section.
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