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 107 STAT. 1718 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 SEC. 836. PROGRAM WORK FORCE POUCIES. (a) ENCOURAGEMENT OF EXCELLENCE.— The Secretary of Defense shall review the incentives and personnel actions available to the Secretary for encouraging excellence in the acquisition work force of the Department of Defense and should provide an enhanced system of incentives, in accordance with the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (title XII of Public Law 101-510) and other applicable law, for the encouragement of excellence in the work force of a program participating in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program. (b) INCENTIVES.—The Secretary of Defense may consider providing for program executive officers, program managers, and other acquisition personnel of defense acquisition programs participating in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program an enhanced system of incentives which— (1) in accordance with applicable law, relates pay to performance; and (2) provides for consideration of the extent to which the performance of such personnel contributes to the achievement of cost goals, schedule goals, and performance goals established for such programs. SEC. 837. EFFICIENT CONTRACTING PROCESSES. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, in exercising the authority provided in section 809 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2430 note), should seek to simplify the procurement process, streamline the period for entering into contracts, and simplify specifications and requirements. SEC. 838. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION: PERFORMANCE BASED CON- TRACT MANAGEMENT. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should propose under section 809 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2430 note) that, for one or more defense acquisition programs participating in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program, payments under section 2307(a) of title 10, United States Code, be made on any of the following bases: (1) Performance measured by statistical process controls. (2) Event accomplishment. (3) Other quantifiable measures of results. 10 USC 2430 SEC. 839. CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT. ^°^ (a) COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE INFORMA- TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall collect and analyze information on contractor performance under the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program. (b) INFORMATION To BE INCLUDED. — Information collected under subsection (a) shall include the history of the performance of each contractor under the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program contracts and, for each such contract performed by the contractor, a technical evaluation of the contractor's performance prepared by the program manager responsible for the contract.

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