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 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1861 (2) In carrying out this subsection and subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall formally consult with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), and the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology. (d) REVIEW OF ACQUISITION ORGANIZATIONS AND FUNCTIONS.— The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of the organizations and functions of the Department of Defense acquisition activities and of the personnel required to carry out those functions. The review shall identify the following: (1) Opportunities for cross-service, cross-functional arrangements within the military services and defense agencies. (2) Specific areas of overlap, duplication, and redundancy among the various acquisition organizations. (3) Opportunities to further streamline acquisition processes. (4) Benefits of an enhanced Joint Requirements Oversight Council in the acquisition process. (5) Alternative consolidation options for acquisition organizations. (6) Alternative methods for performing industry oversight and quality assurance. (7) Alternative options to shorten the procurement cycle. (8) Alternative acquisition infrastructure reduction options within current authorities. (9) Alternative organizational arrangements that capitalize on core acquisition competencies among the military services and defense agencies. (10) Future acquisition personnel requirements of the Department. (11) Adequacy of the Program, Plsms, and Budgeting System in fulfilling current and future acquisition needs of the Department. (12) Effect of technology and advanced management tools in the future acquisition system. (13) Applicability of more flexible alternative approaches to the current civil service system for the acquisition workforce. (14) Adequacy of Department of Defense Instruction numbered 5000.58 dated January 14, 1992. (e) DUTIES OF TASK FORCE ON DEFENSE REFORM TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF ACQUISITION ORGANIZATIONS.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall require that the areas of study of the Task Force on Defense Reform (established by the Secretary of Defense on May 14, 1997, and headed by the Deputy Secretary of Defense) include an examination of the missions, functions, and responsibilities of the various acquisition organizations of the Department of Defense, including the acquisition workforce of the Department. In carrying out that examination of those organizations and that workforce, the Task Force shall identify areas of duplication in defense acquisition organization and recommend to the Secretary options to streamline, reduce, and eliminate redundancies. (2) The examination of the missions, functions, and responsibilities of the various acquisition organizations of the Department of Defense under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An assessment of benefits of consolidation or selected elimination of Department of Defense acquisition organizations.

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