Section 813 panel recommendations will be mainly 'things DOD could do tomorrow'

The industry-government advisory panel on technical data rights -- set to influence Pentagon intellectual property reform -- has put together a slate of recommendations that mainly could be implemented without legislative changes.

Inside Defense has learned from a source familiar with the panel that the "vast majority" -- or 19 -- of the recommendations "were entirely things DOD could do tomorrow."

Eight of the recommendations would require changes to U.S. code, while three more would institute pilot programs.

First mandated by Section 813 of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, the group, sometimes dubbed the "813 panel," met for the final time in April, according to a Defense Department spokesman.

The panel, which includes government and defense industry officials, will submit a final report to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, which will then deliver it to Congress.

The spokesman said the Pentagon is waiting on the Section 813 report before implementing new rules on intellectual property acquisition.