1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Digital Defense Content Provenance Act of 2023 . 2. Department of Defense digital content provenance (a) Briefing (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Media Activity (DMA) shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing on developing a course of education at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) to teach the practical concepts and skills needed by Department of Defense public affairs, audiovisual, visual information, and records management specialists. (2) Elements The briefing provided pursuant to paragraph (1) shall cover the following: (A) The expertise and qualifications of the Department personnel who will be responsible for teaching the proposed course of education. (B) The list of sources that will be consulted and used to develop the proposed curriculum for the course of education. (C) A description of the industry open technical standards under subsection (b)(1)(C). (D) The status of the implementation of the course of education. (b) Course of education required (1) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Media Activity shall establish a course of education at the Defense Information School to teach the practical concepts and skills needed by public affairs, audiovisual, visual information, and records management specialists to understand the following: (A) Digital content provenance for applicable Department media content. (B) The challenges posed to Department missions and operations by a digital content forgery. (C) How existing industry open technical standards may be used to authenticate the digital content provenance of applicable Department media content. (2) Matters covered The course of education established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall cover the following: (A) The challenges to Department missions and operations