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 124 STAT. 3737 PUBLIC LAW 111–350—JAN. 4, 2011 shall so report to the appropriate committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, stating in full the reasons for the determination. If such a report is submitted, the requirement for the regulations shall be null and void. § 2305. Authority of Director of Office of Management and Budget not affected This division does not limit the authorities and responsibilities of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in effect on December 1, 1983. § 2306. Openness of meetings The Administrator by regulation shall require that— (1) formal meetings of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, as designated by the Administrator, for developing procurement policies and regulations be open to the public; and (2) public notice of each meeting be given not less than 10 days prior to the meeting. § 2307. Comptroller General’s access to information The Administrator and personnel in the Office of Federal Procure- ment Policy shall furnish information the Comptroller General may require to discharge the responsibilities of the Comptroller General. For this purpose, the Comptroller General or representatives of the Comptroller General shall have access to all books, documents, papers, and records of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. § 2308. Modular contracting for information technology (a) USE.—To the maximum extent practicable, the head of an executive agency should use modular contracting for an acquisition of a major system of information technology. (b) MODULAR CONTRACTING DESCRIBED.—Under modular con- tracting, an executive agency’s need for a system is satisfied in successive acquisitions of interoperable increments. Each increment complies with common or commercially accepted standards applicable to information technology so that the increments are compatible with other increments of information technology com- prising the system. (c) PROVISIONS IN FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.—The Fed- eral Acquisition Regulation shall provide that— (1) under the modular contracting process, an acquisition of a major system of information technology may be divided into several smaller acquisition increments that— (A) are easier to manage individually than would be one comprehensive acquisition; (B) address complex information technology objectives incrementally in order to enhance the likelihood of achieving workable solutions for attaining those objectives; (C) provide for delivery, implementation, and testing of workable systems or solutions in discrete increments, each of which comprises a system or solution that is not dependent on a subsequent increment in order to perform its principal functions; and (D) provide an opportunity for subsequent increments of the acquisition to take advantage of any evolution in technology or needs that occurs during conduct of the ear- lier increments;