General functions of Secretary of Defense

§ 2201. General functions of Secretary of Defense The Secretary of Defense shall, in support of strategic and logistic plans— (1) coordinate appropriate activities relating to industrial matters, including plans of the Department of Defense for procurement, production, and distribution; (2) plan for the military aspects of industrial mobilization; (3) assign procurement responsibilities among the military departments; (4) plan for the standardization of items prescribed by section 2451 (c) (1) of this title; (5) plan for the greatest practicable allocation, on the basis of procurement by a single procurement agency, of the authority to buy technical supplies and common use items used by each of the armed forces; 120 (6) prepare estimates of potential production, procurement, and personnel for use in evaluating the logistic feasibility of strategic operations; (7) determine priorities for the segments of the military procurement programs; (8) supervise subordinate agencies created to consider matters covered by this section; (9) regroup, combine, or dissolve inter-service agencies operating in the fields of procurement, production, and distribution, so as to promote efficiency and economy; (10) maintain liaison with other departments and agencies for the proper correlation of military requirements with the civilian economy, particularly with regard to the procurement or disposition of strategic and critical materials and the maintenance of adequate reserves of those materials, and the making of recommendations as to policies in connection therewith; and (11) assemble and review requirements for material and personnel presented by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and by the production, procurement, and distribution agencies assigned to meet military needs.