management job series Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that establish a new job series, or update and improve an existing job series, for program and project management throughout the Department of Defense. The Secretary shall take into consideration the regulations issued by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management in accordance with section 861(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328