REPORT ON SIMPLIFICATION AND STREAMLINING OF ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

SEC. 809. REPORT ON SIMPLIFICATION AND STREAMLINING OF ACQUISITION PROCEDURES (a) Report on Acquisition Simplification Programs.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition shall submit to Congress a report on the current programs of the Under Secretary regarding simplification of procedures governing the acquisition process of the Department of Defense. The report shall include an assessment of the results of those programs. (b) Matters To Be Included.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A timetable to effectuate regulation reform measures based on the lessons learned from the conduct of the programs referred to in subsection (a). (2) In the case of a program referred to in subsection (a) which has not been completed— (A) the methodology to be used in evaluating such program; and (B) a timetable for completing an assessment of the results of the program. (3) A comprehensive analysis of the effects that existing laws, regulations, and guidelines applicable to procurement by the Department of Defense have on the capability of the Department of Defense efficiently and effectively to meet the national defense needs of the United States, including any recommendations for legislation that the Under Secretary considers appropriate to improve that capability. (4) A description of the results of the studies undertaken by the Under Secretary in conjunction with the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Comptroller of the Department of Defense regarding the responsibilities of the Under Secretary under section 133(d) of title 10, United States Code, to prescribe policies for the prevention of duplicative audit and oversight of contractor activities by different elements of the Department of Defense. (5) A discussion of the feasibility and desirability of each of the following: (A) Structuring the audit and oversight of a contractor by the Department of Defense in a manner that reasonably relates to the extent of the risk assumed by the contractor in the type of contract that is subject to the audit and oversight. (B) Granting authority to a senior official of the Department of Defense to receive and promptly resolve complaints of acquisition officials and contractors of the Department of Defense regarding allegations of duplicative oversight activities. 102 STAT. 2013 (C) Establishing a formal independent means within the Department of Defense to ensure quality, integrity, and professionalism in the performance of audit and oversight activities. (D) Establishing and implementing a policy that prohibits an organization within the Department of Defense with responsibility for oversight of contractor activities from conducting an audit or review of an activity in the Department of Defense if another such oversight organization of the Department of Defense has conducted an audit or review of that activity within a fixed period of time preceding the proposed audit or review, unless the audit or review proposed to be conducted is substantially different in type and scope from the prior audit or review and there is a compelling reason not to rely on the prior audit or review. (c) Deadline for Report.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than December 1, 1988. (d) Coordination of Annual Audit Plans by Audit and Oversight Elements of DOD.—Section 133(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Such policies shall provide for coordination of the annual plans developed by each such element for the conduct of audit and oversight functions within each contracting activity.”.