,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ac1  
#bjbf,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,rounds7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to develop a cyber workforce   
strategy for the ,department of         
,defense1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,department of ,defense             
,comprehensive ,cyber ,workforce        
,strategy ,act of #bjbf4  #b4           
,department of ,defense cyber workforce 
strategy  7a7 ,strategy and report      
required ,not later than ,january #ca1  
#bjbg1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall1
 acting through the ,chief ,information 
,officer of the ,department of ,defense 
and the ,assistant ,secretary of        
,defense for ,cyber ,policy and in      
consultation with the ,chief            
,information ,officers and ,principal   

,cyber ,advisors of the military        
departments-- 7#a7 develop a            
comprehensive cyber workforce strategy2 
and  7#b7 submit to the ,committee on   
,armed ,services of the ,senate and the 
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,house of ,representatives a report on  
the strategy developed under paragraph  
7#a74  7b7 ,contents ,the report        
required by subsection 7a77#b7 shall    
include the following3 7#a7 ,an         
assessment of progress achieved and     
remaining gaps in implementation of the 
#bjbc-bjbg ,department of ,defense      
,cyber ,workforce ,strategy1 including  
identification of elements that should  
be continued1 modified1 or discontinued 
in the strategy developed under         
subsection 7a77#a74  7#b7 ,a descriptive
 analysis of the ,defense ,cyber        
,workforce ,framework 7in this section  
referred to as the ,framework71         
including the goals1 activities1        
milestones1 and key performance         
indicators used by the ,department of   

,defense to measure progress and assess 
the effectiveness of the implementation 
of the strategy required by subsection  
7a77#a74  7#c7 ,assessment of the scope 
of the affected workforce for the       
,framework1 including specific workforce
 numbers1 vacancy numbers1 work roles1  
or other statistical data relating to   
personnel system metrics4  7#d7         
,identification of progress of the      
,department in implementing the         
,framework based on the goals1          
activities1 milestones1 and key         
performance indicators described in     
paragraph 7#b74  7#e7 ,identification of
 any issues1 problems1 or roadblocks    
identified by the ,department in        
implementing the ,framework1 as well as 
any adjustments required to measurements
 of progress or inclusions of new goals1
 activities1 milestones1 key performance
 indicators1 or work roles since        
publication of such framework1 and any  
steps taken by the ,department to       
overcome issues or lack of authority to 

address roadblocks4  7#f7 ,opportunities
 to leverage support from               
non-,department entities1 or of any     
workforce or talent management          
authorities that exist within other     
,federal agencies in which inclusion in 
the ,framework might benefit the        
,department4  7#g7 ,the availability of 
commercial tools that support ,framework
 talent management processes and might  
enhance performance or effectiveness1   
including for workforce qualification   
and certification tracking1 talent      
identification and tracking1 tagging for
 additional skill identifiers in        
existing personnel management systems1  
or enhancing skill development for      
specific work roles4  7#h7              
,opportunities to leverage supplementary
 personnel models that might be adapted 
from other domains1 such as cyber       
civilian reserves or cyber auxiliary    
forces4  7#i7 ,integration of existing  
academic centers of excellence or other 
university partnerships to help improve 

workforce development1 talent           
acquisition1 and skills development4    
7#aj7 ,a review of ,framework work roles
 for artificial intelligence1 data      
science1 and data engineering to assess 
alignment with corresponding work roles 
in industry and recommendations for     
modifications to enable more effective  
recruiting of industry talent4  7#aa7   
,resource requirements and              
implementation timeline for the strategy
 developed under subsection 7a77#a71    
including budget estimates and key      
milestones4  7c7 ,external views ,in    
developing the strategy required under  
subsection 7a77#a71 the ,secretary may  
solicit or coordinate views from        
external organizations with relevant    
expertise in human resources planning or
 human capital strategy1 higher         
education or training1 or cyber         
professional industry associations4  7d7
 ,form ,the report submitted pursuant to
 subsection 7a77#b7 shall be submitted  
in unclassified form1 but may include a 

classified annex4