(b) GOALS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall 
carry out the pilot program under subsection (a) in a man-
ner that ensures that— 
(1) the employees of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration have an opportunity to learn, imple-
ment, and identify successful means of advancing 
the management of the Veterans Health Administra-
tion and the delivery of care and services; and 
(2) the management and delivery of care and 
services at medical facilities of the Department is 
improved by implementing the recommendations of 
the Comptroller General of the United States based 
on the management review conducted under section 
2, and any other appropriate recommendations, with 
respect to the planning and evaluation capabilities of 
the Veteran Health Administration. 
(c) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LAWS DURING PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE PLAN RE-
QUIREMENTS.—During the period in which the Sec-
retary carries out the pilot program under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall carry out section 
1115(b) of title 31, United States Code, as follows: 
(A) In paragraph (2), by substituting ‘‘, 
unless authorized to be in an alternative form 
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under subsection (c), and situate each goal in 
the context of its own logic modeling of how the 
operations and activities of the agency, in co-
ordination with any significant operations and 
activities from external entities, will contribute 
toward achieving the goals and responsibilities 
of the agency;’’ for ‘‘unless authorized to be in 
an alternative form under subsection (c);’’. 
(B) By including in the agency perform-
ance plan described in such section 1115(b), for 
each performance goal covered by the plan, an 
identification and assessment of the risks of 
creating new, or perpetuating existing, perverse 
incentives, and strategies for risk assessment, 
monitoring, and mitigation, using a suitable 
risk management approach. 
(2) APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE REPORT-
ING REQUIREMENTS.—During the period in which 
the Secretary carries out the pilot program under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out sub-
section (c) of section 1116 of title 31, United States 
Code, by including in the update required by such 
subsection statistical information regarding the Vet-
erans Health Administration that— 
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(A) is useful to multiple stakeholders for 
internal management and external oversight; 
and 
(B) provides insight into how programs are 
planned, financed, and managed, regarding— 
(i) the population of veterans, impor-
tant subgroups thereof, and the status of 
such veterans; 
(ii) the capacity of the operations of 
the Veterans Health Administration under 
enacted resource levels, listed by important 
subcategories as appropriate; and 
(iii) the workload of the Veterans 
Health Administration, listed by important 
subcategories as appropriate. 
(3) APPLICATION OF FUNCTIONS OF CHIEF OP-
ERATING OFFICER.—During the period in which the 
Secretary carries out the pilot program under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall carry out section 
1123(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code, by sub-
stituting ‘‘strategic and performance planning, 
measurement, evaluation, analysis, regular assess-
ment of progress, risk management (including the 
risks of perverse incentives), and use of performance 
information to improve the results achieved’’ for 
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‘‘strategic and performance planning, measurement, 
analysis, regular assessment of progress, and use of 
performance information to improve the results 
achieved’’. 
(d) EVALUATION PLAN.—The Secretary shall pre-
pare an annual organization evaluation plan for the Vet-
erans Health Administration that is informed by the rec-
ommendations of the Comptroller General based on the 
management review conducted under section 2. 
(e) ASSISTANCE IN PILOT PROGRAM.—The Manage-
ment and Accountability Ombudsman described in section 
312B of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 
4(a), shall assist in the pilot program under subsection 
(a) by— 
(1) identifying areas in which employees of the 
Department have problems implementing the pilot 
program, including application of logic modeling, 
managing risk of perverse incentives, and other 
issues that the Ombudsman determine appropriate; 
(2) to the extent practicable, proposing changes 
in the administrative practices of the implementation 
of the pilot program to mitigate problems identified 
under paragraph (1); and 
(3) reviewing, examining, and making rec-
ommendations regarding logic modeling policies, 
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strategies, and programs of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration. 
(f) BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) INITIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days 
before the Secretary commences the pilot program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to 
the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller 
General a briefing on— 
(A) a logic model of how the features of 
the pilot program will address the problems 
identified in the management review conducted 
under section 2; and 
(B) such other items as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate. 
(2) UPDATES.—Not later than 240 days after 
the Secretary commences the pilot program under 
subsection (a), and annually thereafter during the 
period in which the Secretary carries out the pilot 
program, the Secretary shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate and the Comptroller General 
a briefing on— 
(A) an evaluation of the implementation 
and effectiveness of carrying out this section, 
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