House of Representatives a report on such problems with-
in 30 days after the problems are identified. 
‘‘(g) 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. 
‘‘(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 assessments 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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 
‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure, notwithstanding 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 Oper-
ations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Com-
mandant of the Marine Corps assist the Secretary of the
military department 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). 
‘‘(4) The assignment and training of con-
tracting officer representatives when such represent-
atives are required to be members of the armed 
forces because of the nature of the contract con-
cerned. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘requirements creep’ means the 
addition of new technical or operational specifica-
tions after a requirements document is approved. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘requirements document’ means 
a document produced in the requirements process 
that is provided for an acquisition program to guide 
the subsequent development, production, and testing 
of the program and that—