United States Congress, NDAA 2018 Sec. 515 , September 18, 2017. Unclassified.

144 1 (c) OFFSET.—In the funding table in section 4101, in 2 the item relating to Fuzes, Procurement of Ammunition, 3 Air Force, decrease the amount in the Senate Authorized 4 column by $10,000,000. 5 SEC. 515. PLAN TO MEET DEMAND FOR CYBERSPACE CA- 6 REER FIELDS IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS 7 OF THE ARMED FORCES. 8 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De- 10 fense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a plan 11 for meeting the increased demand for cyberspace career 12 fields in the reserve components of the Armed Forces. 13 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan shall take into account the 14 following: 15 (1) The availability of qualified local workforces. 16 (2) Potential best practices of private sector com- 17 panies involved in cyberspace and of educational in- 18 stitutions with established cyberspace-related aca- 19 demic programs. 20 (3) The potential for Total Force Integration 21 throughout the defense cyber community. 22 (4) Recruitment strategies to attract individuals 23 with critical cyber training and skills to join the re- 24 serve components.

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145 1 (c) METRICS.—The plan shall include appropriate 2 metrics for use in the evaluation of the implementation of 3 the plan. 4 Subtitle C—General Service 5 Authorities 6 SEC. 516. REPORT ON POLICIES FOR REGULAR AND RE- 7 SERVE OFFICER CAREER MANAGEMENT. 8 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 9 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit- 10 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep- 11 resentatives a report setting forth the results of a review, 12 undertaken by the Secretary for purposes of the report, of 13 the policies of the Department of Defense for the career 14 management of regular and reserve officers of the Armed 15 Forces pursuant to the Defense Officer Personnel Manage- 16 ment Act (commonly referred to as “DOPMA”) and the Re- 17 serve Officer Personnel Management Act (commonly re- 18 ferred to as “ROPMA”). 19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 20 shall include recommendations for the following: 21 (1) Mechanisms to increase the ability of officers 22 to repeatedly transition between active duty and re- 23 serve active-status throughout the course of their mili- 24 tary careers.

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