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 12 2 STA T . 2 74PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28, 2008 (A)TheS e cr e ta r yofD efe ns e sha l l ass ig n du ties and authorities relating to the m anagement of the b usiness o p erations of the Department of Defense . ( B ) The Secretary shall assign such duties and authori - ties to the C hief M anagement O fficer as are necessary for that official to effecti v ely and efficiently organi z e the business operations of the Department of Defense. (C) The Secretary shall assign such duties and authori- ties to the Deputy Chief Management Officer as are nec- essary for that official to assist the Chief Management Officer to effectively and efficiently organize the business operations of the Department of Defense. (D) The Deputy Chief Management Officer shall per- form the duties and have the authorities assigned by the Secretary under subparagraph (C) and perform such duties and have such authorities as are delegated by the Chief Management Officer. ( 3 ) EXECUTIV E S C H E D U L E LEVEL III. — Section 5 3 14 of title 5 ,U nited States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to the Under Secretary of Defense for I ntelligence the follo w ing new item

‘Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense. ’ ’. (4) P L A CE M E N TIN O SD.—Section 131(b)( 2 )oftitle1 0, United States Code, is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through ( 8 )as paragraphs (4) through ( 9 ), respectively and (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3): ‘‘(3) The Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Depart- ment of Defense.’’. (b) ASSI G NMENT O F MANAGEMENT DUTIES AND DESIGNATION OF THE CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICE R S OF THE MILITAR Y DE P ART- MENTS.— (1) The Secretary of a military department shall assign duties and authorities relating to the management of the busi- ness operations of such military department. (2) The Secretary of a military department, in assigning duties and authorities under paragraph (1) shall designate the Under Secretary of such military department to have the primary management responsibility for business operations, to be k nown in the performance of such duties as the Chief Management Officer. (3) The Secretary shall assign such duties and authorities to the Chief Management Officer as are necessary for that official to effectively and efficiently organize the business oper- ations of the military department concerned. (4) The Chief Management Officer of each military depart- ment shall promptly provide such information relating to the business operations of such department to the Chief Manage- ment Officer and Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense as is necessary to assist those officials in the performance of their duties. (c) MANAGEMENT OF DEFENSE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AGENCY.—Section 192(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘that the Agency’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘that the Director of the Agency shall report directly 10USC 1 32note.

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