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 124 STAT. 2941 PUBLIC LAW 111–281—OCT. 15, 2010 to which former Coast Guard officials were provided compensation by Coast Guard contractors in the preceding calendar year. ‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES OF REPORT.—At a minimum, the report required by this section shall assess the extent to which former Coast Guard officials who receive compensation from Coast Guard contractors have been assigned by those contractors to work on contracts or programs between the contractor and the Coast Guard, including contracts or programs for which the former official person- ally had oversight responsibility or decisionmaking authority when they served in or worked for the Coast Guard. ‘‘(c) CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENT.—The report required by this subsection shall not include the names of the former Coast Guard officials who receive compensation from Coast Guard contrac- tors. ‘‘(d) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—A Coast Guard contractor shall provide the Comptroller General access to information requested by the Comptroller General for the purpose of conducting the study required by this section. ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) COAST GUARD CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘Coast Guard contractor’ includes any person that received at least $10,000,000 in contractor awards from the Coast Guard in the calendar year covered by the annual report. ‘‘(2) COAST GUARD OFFICIAL.—The term ‘Coast Guard offi- cial’ includes former officers of the Coast Guard who were compensated at a rate of pay for grade O–7 or above during the calendar year prior to the date on which they separated from the Coast Guard, and former civilian employees of the Coast Guard who served at any Level of the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, during the calendar year prior to the date on which they separated from the Coast Guard. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—IMPROVED ACQUISITION PROCESS AND PROCEDURES ‘‘§ 571. Identification of major system acquisitions ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(1) SUPPORT MECHANISMS.—The Commandant shall develop and implement mechanisms to support the establish- ment of mature and stable operational requirements for all acquisitions. ‘‘(2) MISSION ANALYSIS; AFFORDABILITY ASSESSMENT.—The Commandant may not initiate a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition project or program until the Commandant— ‘‘(A) completes a mission analysis that— ‘‘(i) identifies the specific capability gaps to be addressed by the project or program; and ‘‘(ii) develops a clear mission need to be addressed by the project or program; and ‘‘(B) prepares a preliminary affordability assessment for the project or program. ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.— ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—The mechanisms required by sub- section (a) shall ensure the implementation of a formal process for the development of a mission-needs statement, concept- of-operations document, capability development plan, and