fice of Performance Assessment and Root Cause Analysis 
by the Secretary of Defense or by any other provision of 
law. In the performance of duties pursuant to this section, 
the Director of the Office of Performance Assessment and 
Root Cause analysis shall coordinate with the Deputy 
Chief Management Officer to ensure that performance as-
sessments carried out pursuant to this section are con-
sistent with the performance management initiatives of 
the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) A performance assessment may be carried out 
by an organization under the control of the service acquisi-
tion executive of a military department if— 
‘‘(A) the assessment fulfills the requirements of 
subsection (a); 
‘‘(B) the organization is approved to carry out 
the assessment by the Director of the Office of Per-
formance Assessment and Root Cause Analysis; and 
‘‘(C) the assessment is subject to the oversight 
of the Director of the Office of Performance Assess-
ment and Root Cause Analysis in accordance with 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) RETENTION AND ACCESS TO RECORDS OF PER-
FORMANCE ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE MILITARY DE-
PARTMENTS AND DEFENSE AGENCIES.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure that information from performance 
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assessments of all elements of the defense acquisition sys-
tem are retained electronically and that the Director of 
the Office of Performance Assessment and Root Cause 
Analysis— 
‘‘(1) promptly receives the results of all per-
formance assessments conducted by an organization 
under the control of the service acquisition executive 
of a military department; and 
‘‘(2) has timely access to any records and data 
in the Department of Defense (including the records 
and data of each military department and Defense 
Agency and including classified and proprietary in-
formation) that the Director considers necessary to 
review in order to perform or oversee performance 
assessments pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘defense acquisition system’ 
means the acquisition workforce; the process by 
which the Department of Defense manages the ac-
quisition of goods and services, including weapon 
systems, commodities, commercial and military 
unique services, and information technology; and the 
management structure for carrying out the acquisi-
tion function within the Department of Defense. 
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‘‘(2) The term ‘element of the defense acquisi-
tion system’ means an organization that operates 
within the defense acquisition system and that fo-
cuses primarily on acquisition. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘metric’ means a specific meas-
ure that serves as a basis for comparison. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘threshold performance standard’ 
means the minimum acceptable level of performance 
in relation to a metric. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘objective performance goal’ 
means the most desired level of performance in rela-
tion to a metric. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘Office of Performance Assess-
ment and Root Cause Analysis’ means the office re-
porting to the senior official designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense under section 103(a) of the Weap-
on Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–23, 10 U.S.C. 2430 note). 
‘‘§ 2546. Audits of performance assessment 
‘‘(a) AUDITS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that the performance assessments of the de-
fense acquisition system required by section 2545 of this 
title are subject to periodic audits to determine the accu-
racy, reliability, and completeness of such assessments. 
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‘‘(b) STANDARDS AND APPROACH.—In performing 
the audits required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
ensure that such audits— 
‘‘(1) comply with generally accepted government 
auditing standards issued by the Comptroller Gen-
eral; 
‘‘(2) use a risk-based approach to audit plan-
ning; and 
‘‘(3) appropriately account for issues associated 
with auditing assessments of activities occurring in 
a contingency operation. 
‘‘§ 2547. Use of performance assessments for man-
aging performance 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that the results of performance assessments are 
used in the management of elements of the defense acqui-
sition system through direct linkages between the results 
of a performance assessment and the following: 
‘‘(1) The size of the bonus pool available to the 
workforce of an element of the defense acquisition 
system. 
‘‘(2) Rates of promotion in the workforce of an 
element of the defense acquisition system. 
‘‘(3) Awards for acquisition excellence. 
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‘‘(4) The scope of work assigned to an element 
of the defense acquisition system. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that actions taken to manage the 
acquisition workforce pursuant to subsection (a) are un-
dertaken in accordance with the requirements of sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 1701a of this title. 
‘‘§ 2548. Acquisition-related functions of the Chiefs of 
Staff of the Armed Forces 
‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, notwith-
standing section 3014(c)(1)(A), section 5014(c)(1)(A), 
and section 8014(c)(1)(A) of this title, that the Chief of 
Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of 
the Marine Corps assist the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned in the performance of the following 
acquisition-related functions of such department: 
‘‘(1) The development of requirements relating 
to the defense acquisition system. 
‘‘(2) The development of measures to control 
requirements creep in the defense acquisition sys-
tem. 
‘‘(3) The development of career paths in acqui-
sition for military personnel (as required by section 
1722a of this title). 
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