; (ii) ensure continuing financial and ethical integrity; and (iii) protect the best interests of the Department of Defense; and (E) produce such additional recommendations for legislation as the members consider appropriate. (4) Access to information The Secretary of Defense shall provide the exchange team with timely access to appropriate information, data, resources, and analysis so that the exchange team may conduct a thorough and independent analysis as required under this subsection. (b) Briefing Not later than December 31, 2018, the exchange team shall provide an interim briefing to the congressional defense committees on the study conducted under subsection (a) (c) Final report Not later than March 1, 2019, the exchange team shall submit a final report on the study to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the congressional defense committees. 843. Exchange program for acquisition workforce employees (a) Program authorized The Secretary of Defense shall establish an exchange program under which the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall arrange for the temporary assignment of civilian personnel in the Department of Defense acquisition workforce. (b) Purposes The purposes of the exchange program established pursuant to subsection (a) are— (1) to familiarize personnel from the acquisition workforce with the equities, priorities, processes, culture, and workforce of the acquisition-related defense agencies; (2) to enable participants in the exchange program to return the expertise gained through their exchanges to their original organizations