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 114 STAT. 1654A-48 PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX objectives of the Air Force science and technology programs. The task force shall be chaired by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering and shall include representatives of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the specified combatant commands of the Air Force. (2) The task force shall solicit views from the entire Air Force requirements community, user community, and acquisition community. (3) The task force shall select for consideration short-term objectives that involve— (A) compelling requirements of the Air Force; (B) support in the user community; and (C) likely attainment of the desired benefits within a fiveyear period. (4) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering shall establish an integrated product team for each short-term objective identified pursuant to this subsection. Each integrated product team shall include representatives of the requirements community, the user community, and the science and technology community with relevant expertise. (5) The integrated product team for a short-term objective shall be responsible for— (A) identifying, defining, and prioritizing the enabling capabilities that are necessary for achieving the objective; (B) identifying deficiencies in the enabling capabilities that must be addressed if the short-term objective is to be achieved; and (C) working with the Air Force science and technology community to identify science and technology projects and programs that should be undertaken to eliminate each deficiency in an enabling capability. (6) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall review the short-term science and technology objectives identified pursuant to this subsection and, for each such objective, at a minimum— (A) consider the work of the integrated product team conducted pursuant to paragraph (5); and (B) identify the science and technology work of the Air Force that should be undertaken to eliminate each deficiency in enabling capabilities that is identified by the integrated product team pursuant to subparagraph (B) of that paragraph. (e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW. —(1) Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of the Air Force completes the review required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the review. The report shall include the Comptroller General's assessment regarding the extent to which the review was conducted in compliance with the requirements of this section. (2) Immediately upon completing the review required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Comptroller General of the completion of the review. For the purposes of paragraph (1), the date of the notification shall be considered the date of the completion of the review.

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