Limitation on availability of funds for Alpha-1 Development Activities

(a) Limitation Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 by section 201 for research, development, test, and evaluation and available for Alpha-1 Development Activities (PE 0604133D8Z) as specified in the funding table in section 4201, not more than 85 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense (CDAO) provides to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the briefing described in subsection (b). (b) Briefing required The briefing described in this subsection is a briefing that includes the following: (1) A description of the comprehensive application integration strategy for the War Data Platform (formerly known as Advancing Analytics or ADVANA) that covers the following: (A) Establishment of objective criteria for evaluating and prioritizing applications to be onboarded based on— (i) operational mission impact; (ii) data sensitivity classification requirements; (iii) technical compatibility with existing architecture; and (iv) overall value to the data ecosystem of the Department of Defense. (B) A definition of standardized reimbursable funding mechanisms or other cost-sharing models, including potential service-level agreements or other appropriate cost-sharing models, between the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer and requesting the Department of Defense components. (C) Assessment of performance metrics to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of the onboarding and offboarding process. (D) Alignment with data governance policies and enterprise digital transformation initiatives of the Department that were in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) A plan for competing out aspects of the program, both for enterprise support of the overall functionality, as well as for specific applications or capabilities to be hosted within the War Data Platform.