10 U.S.C. § 2452 — Duties of Secretary of Defense
submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 228 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Defense must maintain the Defense supply catalog and standardization program. The Secretary must direct catalog use, approve descriptions and classifications, coordinate with industry, manage specifications, assign work, set schedules, and make final decisions.
The Secretary of Defense shall (1) develop and maintain the supply catalog and standardization program described in 10 U.S.C. § 2451; (2) direct and coordinate progressively using the catalog in every Defense supply function from determining needs through final disposal; (3) direct, review, and approve (A) the names, descriptions, and description patterns for all items, (B) screening, consolidation, classification, and numbering of all item descriptions, and (C) publication and distribution of the catalog; (4) work with industry advisory groups so the catalog and program reflect industry best practices and receive the greatest practicable industry cooperation; (5) establish, publish, review, and revise Defense military specifications, standards, and qualified-product lists, and resolve differences among military departments*, bureaus, and services; (6) assign parts of the programs to those departments, bureaus, and services when practical and consistent with their ability and interest; (7) set schedules for those assignments; and (8) make final decisions on cataloging and standardization.
The Secretary of Defense shall—
develop and maintain the supply catalog, and the standardization program, described in section 2451 of this title;
direct and coordinate progressive use of the supply catalog in all supply functions within the Department of Defense from the determination of requirements through final disposal;
direct, review, and approve—
the naming, description, and pattern of description of all items;
the screening, consolidation, classification, and numbering of descriptions of all items; and
the publication and distribution of the supply catalog;
maintain liaison with industry advisory groups to coordinate the development of the supply catalog and the standardization program with the best practices of industry and to obtain the fullest practicable cooperation and participation of industry in developing the supply catalog and the standardization program;
establish, publish, review, and revise, within the Department of Defense, military specifications, standards, and lists of qualified products, and resolve differences between the military departments*, bureaus, and services with respect to them;
assign responsibility for parts of the cataloging and the standardization programs to the military departments, bureaus, and services within the Department of Defense, when practical and consistent with their capacity and interest in those supplies*;
establish time schedules for assignments made under clause (6); and
make final decisions in all matters concerned with the cataloging and standardization programs.
Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 139.)
- 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
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