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 PUBLIC LAW 108–108—NOV. 10, 2003

117 STAT. 1315

SEC. 340. (a) JUSTIFICATION OF COMPETITIVE SOURCING ACTIVITIES.—(1) In each budget submitted by the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for a fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2005, amounts requested to perform competitive sourcing studies for programs, projects, and activities listed in paragraph (2) shall be set forth separately from other amounts requested. (2) Paragraph (1) applies to programs, projects, and activities— (A) of the Department of the Interior for which funds are appropriated by this Act; (B) of the Forest Service; and (C) of the Department of Energy for which funds are appropriated by this Act. (b) ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON COMPETITIVE SOURCING ACTIVITIES.—(1) Not later than December 31 of each year, beginning with December 31, 2003, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report, covering the preceding fiscal year, on the competitive sourcing studies conducted by the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, or the Department of Energy, as appropriate, and the costs and cost savings to the citizens of the United States of such studies. (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the Department of the Interior programs, projects, and activities for which funds are appropriated by this Act; (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the Forest Service; and (C) the Secretary of Energy, with respect to the Department of Energy programs, projects, and activities for which funds are appropriated by this Act. (3) The report under this subsection shall include, for the fiscal year covered— (A) the total number of competitions completed; (B) the total number of competitions announced, together with a list of the activities covered by such competitions; (C) the total number of full-time equivalent Federal employees studied under completed competitions; (D) the total number of full-time equivalent Federal employees being studied under competitions announced, but not completed; (E) the incremental cost directly attributable to conducting the competitions identified under subparagraphs (A) and (B), including costs attributable to paying outside consultants and contractors; (F) an estimate of the total anticipated savings, or a quantifiable description of improvements in service or performance, derived from completed competitions; (G) actual savings, or a quantifiable description of improvements in service or performance, derived from the implementation of competitions; (H) the total projected number of full-time equivalent Federal employees covered by competitions scheduled to be announced in the fiscal year; and (I) a description of how the competitive sourcing decision making processes are aligned with strategic workforce plans.

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