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 123STA T . 23 9 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 –84—O CT. 28 , 2 0 09 (B)mayinclude indi v idual sfro mo th er de p artments ora g encies of the F ederal G overnment , from S tate and local agencies, or from the private sector . ( 5 ) DEADLIN E FOR A P POIN TM ENT S . —A ll original appoint - ments to the T as k Force shall b e made not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. ( 6 ) C O- CH AIRS.—There shall be t w o co-chairs of the Task Force. O ne of the co-chairs shall be designated by the Secretary of Defense at the time of appointment from among the individ- uals appointed to the Task Force from within the Department of Defense. The other co-chair shall be selected from among the individuals appointed from outside the Department of Defense by those individuals. (c) ANN U AL R EPORT.— (1) I N G ENERAL.— N ot later than 12 months after the date on which all members of the Task Force have been appointed, and each year thereafter for the life of the Task Force, the Task Force shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the activities of the Task Force and the activities of the Department of Defense and the military departments to assist and support the care, management, and transition of recovering wounded, ill, and in j ured members of the Armed Forces. The report shall include the following (A) The findings and conclusions of the Task Force as a result of its assessment of the effectiveness of the policies and programs developed and implemented by the Department of Defense, and by each of the military depart- ments, to assist and support the care, management, and transition of recovering wounded, ill, and injured members of the Armed Forces. (B) A description of best practices and various ways in which the Department of Defense and the military departments could more effectively address matters relating to the care, management, and transition of recov- ering wounded, ill, and injured members of the Armed Forces, including members of the regular components, and members of the reserve components, and support for their families. (C) A plan for the activities of the Task Force in the year following the year covered by the report. (D) Such recommendations for other legislative or administrative action as the Task Force considers appro- priate for measures to improve the policies and programs described in subparagraph (A). (2) M ETHODOLOG Y .—For purposes of the reports, the Task Force— (A) shall conduct site visits and interviews as the Task Force considers appropriate (B) may consider the findings and recommendations of previous reviews and evaluations of the care, manage- ment, and transition of recovering wounded, ill, and injured members of the Armed Forces; and (C) may use such other means for directly obtaining information relating to the care, management, and transi- tion of recovering wounded, ill, and injured members of the Armed Forces as the Task Force considers appropriate.