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10 U.S. Code § 2220 - Performance based management: acquisition programs | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 10 › Subtitle A › Part IV › Chapter 131 › § 2220 10 U.S. Code § 2220 - Performance based management: acquisition programs
Establishment of Goals.— The Secretary of Defense shall approve or define the cost, performance, and schedule goals for major defense acquisition programs of the Department of Defense and for each phase of the acquisition cycle of such programs.
Evaluation of Cost Goals.— The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall evaluate the cost goals proposed for each major defense acquisition program of the Department.
(Added Pub. L. 103–355, title V, § 5001(a)(1),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3349; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1503(a)(20), div. D, title XLIII, § 4321(b)(1),Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 512, 671; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 841(a),Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1843; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1041(a)(8),Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2645.)
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–314, § 1041(a)(8)(B), (C), struck out par. (1) designation and redesignated par. (2) as subsec. (b).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–314, § 1041(a)(8)(A), (C), redesignatedsubsec. (a)(2) as (b) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b). Text read as follows: “The Secretary of Defense shall include in the annual report submitted to Congress pursuant to section 113
(c) of this title an assessment of whether major acquisition programs of the Department of Defense are achieving, on average, 90 percent of cost, performance, and schedule goals established pursuant to subsection (a) and whether the average period for converting emerging technology into operational capability has decreased by 50 percent or more from the average period required for such conversion as of October 13, 1994. The Secretary shall use data from existing management systems in making the assessment.”
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–314, § 1041(a)(8)(A), struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “Whenever the Secretary of Defense, in the assessment required by subsection (b), determines that major defense acquisition programs of the Department of Defense are not achieving, on average, 90 percent of cost, performance, and schedule goals established pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that there is a timely review of major defense acquisition programs and other programs as appropriate. In conducting the review, the Secretary shall—
“(1) determine whether there is a continuing need for programs that are significantly behind schedule, over budget, or not in compliance with performance or capability requirements; and
“(2) identify suitable actions to be taken, including termination, with respect to such programs.”
1997—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–85substituted “whether major acquisition programs” for “whether major and nonmajor acquisition programs”.
1996—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–106, § 1503(a)(20), substituted “Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)” for “Comptroller of the Department of Defense”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–106, § 4321(b)(1), substituted “October 13, 1994” for “the date of the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994”.
For effective date and applicability of amendment by section 4321(b)(1) ofPub. L. 104–106, see section 4401 ofPub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 2302 of this title.
Pilot Programs for Testing Program Manager Performance of Product Support Oversight Responsibilities for Life Cycle of Acquisition Programs
Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VIII, § 816,Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2088, provided that:
“(a) Designation of Pilot Programs.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secretaries of the military departments, shall designate 10 acquisition programs of the military departments as pilot programs on program manager responsibility for product support.
“(b) Responsibilities of Program Managers.—The program manager for each acquisition program designated as a pilot program under this section shall have the responsibility for ensuring that the product support functions for the program are properly carried out over the entire life cycle of the program.
“(c) Report.—Not later than February 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of Senate and House of Representatives] a report on the pilot programs. The report shall contain the following:
“(1) A description of the acquisition programs designated as pilot programs under subsection (a).
“(2) For each such acquisition program, the specific management actions taken to ensure that the program manager has the responsibility for oversight of the performance of the product support functions.
“(3) Any proposed change to law, policy, regulation, or organization that the Secretary considers desirable, and determines feasible to implement, for ensuring that the program managers are fully responsible under the pilot programs for the performance of all such responsibilities.”
Enhanced System of Performance Incentives
Pub. L. 103–355, title V, § 5001(b),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3350, provided that: “Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 13, 1994], the Secretary of Defense shall review the incentives and personnel actions available to the Secretary of Defense for encouraging excellence in the management of defense acquisition programs and provide an enhanced system of incentives to facilitate the achievement of goals approved or defined pursuant to section 2220
(a) of title 10, United States Code. The enhanced system of incentives shall, to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law—
“(1) relate pay to performance (including the extent to which the performance of personnel in such programs contributes to achieving the cost goals, performance goals, and schedule goals established for acquisition programs of the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2220
(a) of title 10, as added by subsection (a)); and
“(2) provide for consideration, in personnel evaluations and promotion decisions, of the extent to which the performance of personnel in such programs contributes to achieving the cost goals, performance goals, and schedule goals established for acquisition programs of the Department of Defense pursuant to section 2220
(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).”
Pub. L. 103–355, title V, § 5001(c),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3350, directed the Secretary of Defense, not later than one year after Oct 13, 1994, to submit to Congress any recommended legislation that the Secretary considered necessary to carry out this section and otherwise to facilitate and enhance management of Department of Defense acquisition programs on the basis of performance.