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§11502 Evaluation Criteria and Plans

Title 40 › SUBTITLE III — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT › CHAPTER 115 — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION PILOT PROGRAM › SUBCHAPTER I — CONDUCT OF PILOT PROGRAM › § 11502

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agency heads running the pilot must, whenever possible, set clear, measurable ways to judge how the new procedures or techniques perform. Before the pilot can begin, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy must send Congress a detailed test plan. The plan must describe the procedures to be used and list any regulations that will be waived.

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Title 40, §11502

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(a)Measurable Test Criteria.—

To the maximum extent practicable, the head of each executive agency conducting the pilot program under section 11501 of this title shall establish measurable criteria for evaluating the effects of the procedures or techniques to be tested under the program.

(b)Test Plan.—

Before the pilot program may be conducted under section 11501 of this title, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall submit to Congress a detailed test plan for the program, including a detailed description of the procedures to be used and a list of regulations that are to be waived.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1150240:1472.Pub. L. 104–106, div. E, title LIII, § 5302, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 691.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–314 and Pub. L. 107–347 amended section identically, substituting “the pilot” for “a pilot” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–347 effective 120 days after Dec. 17, 2002, see section 402(a) of Pub. L. 107–347, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3601 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

Reference

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Citation

40 U.S.C. § 11502

Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110