§1761 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must make rules so the military departments and Defense Agencies set up a system that gives the Secretary standard information about people in acquisition jobs. The system must at least collect and keep records on each person’s skills and qualifications, their assignments and how long they serve in them, any exceptions or waivers to those rules, and the relative promotion rates of military personnel in those acquisition jobs.

Title 10, §1761

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(a)The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to ensure that the military departments and Defense Agencies establish a management information system capable of providing standardized information to the Secretary on persons serving in acquisition positions.

(b)The management information system shall, at a minimum, provide for the following:

(1)The collection and retention of information concerning the qualifications, assignments, and tenure of persons in the acquisition workforce.

(2)Any exceptions and waivers granted with respect to the application of qualification, assignment, and tenure policies, procedures, and practices to such persons.

(3)Relative promotion rates for military personnel in the acquisition workforce.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “provide for the following:” for “provide for—” in introductory provisions, capitalized first letter of first word in pars. (1) to (3), substituted period for semicolon at end in pars. (1) and (2), substituted period for “; and” at end in par. (3), and struck out par. (4) which read as follows: “collection of the information necessary for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the Secretary of Defense to comply with the requirements of section 1762 for the years in which that section is in effect.” 2001—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 107–107 substituted “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics” for “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology”. 1993—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103–160 substituted “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology” for “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Establishment of Management Information System Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XII, § 1209(k), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1667, required the Secretary of Defense to prescribe in

Regulations

the requirements under this section for the uniform management information system by Oct. 1, 1991, and ensure that the requirements were implemented by Oct. 1, 1992.

§1761 Management Information System