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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 26, 2000
Department of Defense Cost Management and Accountability Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a system for monitoring the performance of functions of the Department of Defense (DOD) that are performed by 50 or more employees and have been subjected to a workforce review (a review as to whether the function should be performed by such employees or by a private workforce). Requires measurement of the costs and benefits of selecting one workforce over the other. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on the workforce performance review. Requires the Secretary to include such costs and benefits in preparing the future-years DOD budget.Requires the Secretary, when deciding to change a DOD commercial or industrial type function from performance by DOD employees to private sector performance, to certify to Congress that such decision did not include predetermined personnel constraints.Requires inclusion of the potential impact on the local community within a required report concerning such performance change.
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Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R–ME
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2944-2945)
Introduced in Senate
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