Washington. House lawmakers want to expand the role of the Pentagon's chief technology officer to emphasize the importance of business innovation to quickly create new opportunities.
The expanded role proposed by the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Innovation in the Defense Policy Bill for Fiscal Year 2024 would include a name change, moving the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Development to the Undersecretary of Defense for Technology. . Integration and innovation.
“The Deputy Secretary of State shall be appointed from among individuals who have extensive technical or scientific expertise and experience transitioning from private ownership, business innovation, or prototyping to the production and management of complex software and the use of public-private partnerships,” the subcommittee said in a statement. . His bill, which he released on June 12.
The Assistant Secretary of State will be the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on technology development programs and efforts, including commercial innovation and integration.
The proposed version will enter into force one year after the entry into force of the law. Had he been still in office at the time, current Pentagon chief technology officer Heidi Shaw would have filled the position.
The subcommittee is scheduled to vote on the bill on June 13.
The settlement reflects growing calls from lawmakers for the Defense Department to work more closely with commercial firms. The subcommittee bill seeks to codify a Pentagon decision earlier this year to place the Department of Defense for innovation directly under the Secretary of Defense. Earlier, the office was under the supervision of Xu.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the decision in April, a move that coincided with the department appointing former Apple CEO Doug Beck as director of the IUD. The company leads the Pentagon's effort to translate commercial technology into national security applications and works closely with companies doing new business with the Department of Defense.
The DIU Subcommittee's bylaws require management to review the organization's staffing schedule and determine if it has enough staff to meet goals.
The report should include a plan to address employment gaps identified by the ministry and an indication of funding associated with this plan.
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