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10 U.S.C. § 1702 — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment: authorities and responsibilities
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Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall carry out all powers, functions, and duties of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the acquisition workforce in the Department of Defense. The Under Secretary shall ensure that the policies of the Secretary of Defense established in accordance with this chapter are implemented throughout the Department of Defense. The Under Secretary shall prescribe policies and requirements for the educational programs of the defense acquisition university structure established under [section 1746 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1746&num=0&edition=prelim).
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Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall carry out all powers, functions, and duties of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the acquisition workforce in the Department of Defense. The Under Secretary shall ensure that the policies of the Secretary of Defense established in accordance with this chapter are implemented throughout the Department of Defense. The Under Secretary shall prescribe policies and requirements for the educational programs of the defense acquisition university structure established under [section 1746 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1746&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Defense Acquisition University Structure.—** The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall establish and maintain a defense acquisition university structure to provide for—
(1) the professional educational development and training of the acquisition workforce; and
(2) research and analysis of defense acquisition policy issues from an academic perspective.
**(b) Civilian Faculty Members.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may employ as many civilians as professors, instructors, and lecturers in the defense acquisition university structure as the Secretary considers necessary.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the defense acquisition university structure includes relevant expert lecturers from extramural institutions (as defined in [section 1746a(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1746a/g&num=0&edition=prelim)), industry, or federally funded research and development centers to advance acquisition workforce competence regarding commercial business interests, acquisition process-related innovations, and other relevant leading practices of the private sector.
(3) The compensation of persons employed under this subsection shall be as prescribed by the Secretary.
(4) In this subsection, the term “defense acquisition university” includes the Defense Systems Management College.
**(c) Curriculum Development.—** The President of the Defense Acquisition University shall work with the relevant professional schools and degree-granting institutions of the Department of Defense and military departments, and with extramural institutions (as defined in [section 1746a(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-ti
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§ 1702
ity specified in subsection (d) to fix the rate of
basic pay for positions described in subsection
(c) in order to assist the Office of the Secretary
of Defense and the military departments in at-
tracting and retaining high-quality acquisition
and technology experts in positions responsible
for managing and developing complex, high-cost,
technological acquisition efforts of the Depart-
ment of Defense.
(b) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The program may be
carried out only with approval as follows:
(1) Approval of the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in the
case of positions in the Office of the Secretary
of Defense.
(2) Approval of the service acquisition execu-
tive of the military department concerned, in
the case of positions in a military department.
(c) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this
subsection are positions that—
(1) require expertise of an extremely high
level in a scientific, technical, professional, or
acquisition management field; and
(2) are critical to the successful accomplish-
ment of an important acquisition or tech-
nology development mission.
(d) RATE
OF BASIC PAY.—The pay authority
specified in this subsection is authority as fol-
lows:
(1) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for
a position at a rate not to exceed 150 percent
of the rate of basic pay payable for level I of
the Executive Schedule, upon the approval of
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Sustainment or the service acquisition ex-
ecutive concerned, as applicable.
(2) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for
a position at a rate in excess of 150 percent of
the rate of basic pay payable for level I of the
Executive Schedule, upon the approval of the
Secretary of Defense.
(e
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