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 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 271 (2) The use of fully integrated travel solutions envisioned by the travel reengineering report of the Department of Defense dated January 1995. (3) The coordination of credit card data and travel reservation data with cost estimate data. (4) The elimination of the need for multiple travel approvals through the coordination of such data with proposed travel plans. (5) A responsive and flexible management information system that enables the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to monitor travel expenses throughout the year, accurately \ plan travel budgets for future years, and assess, in the case of travel of an employee on temporary duty, the relationship between the cost of the travel and the value of the travel to the accomplishment of the mission which necessitates the travel. (d) PLAN FOR PROGRAM.— Before conducting the program, the Secretary shall develop a plan for the program that addresses the following: (1) The purposes of the program, including the achievement of an objective of reducing by at least 50 percent the total cost incurred by the Department annually to manage the Department of Defense travel process. (2) The methodology and anticipated cost of the program, including the cost of an arrangement pursuant to which a private-sector source would receive an agreed-upon payment plus an additional negotiated amount that does not exceed 50 percent of the total amount saved in excess of the objective specified in paragraph (1). (3) A specific citation to any provision or law, rule, or regulation that, if not waived, would prohibit the conduct of the program or any part of the program. (4) The evaluation criteria established pursuant to subsection (c). (5) A provision for implementing throughout the Department the travel process determined to be the better option to effectively manage travel of Department personnel on the basis of a final assessment of the results of the program. (e) REPORT.— After the first full year of the conduct of the tests required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of the program. The report shall include an analysis of the evaluation criteria established pursuant to subsection (c). SEC. 357. INCREASED RELIANCE ON PRIVATE-SECTOR SOURCES FOR 10 USC 2461 COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. note. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of Defense shall endeavor to carry out through a private-sector source any activity to provide a commercial product or service for the Department of Defense if— (1) the product or service can be provided adequately through such a source; and (2) an adequate competitive environment exists to provide for economical performance of the activity by such a source.

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