populations of individuals not typically aware of opportunities in the Armed Forces for a digital engineering career. (2) Develop and maintain education, training, doctrine, and professional development activities to support digital engineering skills of civilian employees of the Department and members of the Armed Forces. (3) Coordinate and synchronize digital force management activities throughout the Department, advise the Secretary of Defense on all matters pertaining to the health and readiness of digital forces, convene a Department-wide executive steering group, and submit to Congress an annual report on the readiness of digital forces and progress toward achieving the policy. (4) Create a Department-wide mechanism to track digital expertise in the workforce, develop and maintain organizational policies, strategies, and plans sufficient to build, maintain, and refresh internal capacity at scale, and report to the Secretary quarterly on the health and readiness of digital forces. (5) Assist the military departments in designing, developing, and executing programs and incentives to retain, track, and oversee digital expertise among civilian employees of the Department and members of the Armed Forces on active duty. (6) At the request of the Chief of Staff of an Armed Force, or the head of another component or element of the Department, undertake an executive search for key leadership positions in digital engineering in such Armed Force, component, or element, and develop and deploy agile hiring and competitive compensation processes to fill such positions. (7) Identify necessary changes in authorities, policies, resources, or a combination thereof to further the policy. (8) Develop a definition for digital engineering consistent with and aligned to Department needs and processes. (d) Plan Not later than June 1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan to meet the requirements of this section. The plan shall set