124 STAT. 4289 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 the successful and efficient operation of such elements of the defense acquisition system. ‘‘§ 2547. Acquisition-related functions of chiefs of the armed forces ‘‘(a) PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN ACQUISITION-RELATED FUNC- TIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 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 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 (subject, where appropriate, to validation by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council pursu- ant to section 181 of this title). ‘‘(2) The coordination of measures to control requirements creep in the defense acquisition system. ‘‘(3) The development of career paths in acquisition for military personnel (as required by section 1722a of this title). ‘‘(4) The assignment and training of contracting officer representatives when such representatives are required to be members of the armed forces because of the nature of the contract concerned. ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the assignment of functions under section 3014(c)(1)(A), section 5014(c)(1)(A), or section 8014(c)(1)(A) of this title, except as explicitly provided in this section. ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) The term ‘requirements creep’ means the addition of new technical or operational specifications after a requirements document is approved by the appropriate validation authority for the requirements document. ‘‘(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— ‘‘(A) justifies the need for a materiel approach, or an approach that is a combination of materiel and non-mate- riel, to satisfy one or more specific capability gaps; ‘‘(B) details the information necessary to develop an increment of militarily useful, logistically supportable, and technically mature capability, including key performance parameters; or ‘‘(C) identifies production attributes required for a single increment of a program. ‘‘§ 2548. Performance assessments of the defense acquisition system ‘‘(a) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi- tion, Technology, and Logistics, the Director of Procurement and Acquisition Policy, and the Director of the Office of Performance Assessment and Root Cause Analysis, shall issue guidance, with detailed implementation instructions, for the Department of Defense Deadline. Guidance.
