1. (a) Deployment of Data Analytics Capabilities.— The Secretary of Defense shall use competitive procedures under chapter 137 of this title to procure or develop technologies or services, including those based on commercially available information technologies and services to improve data collection and analyses to support preparation of auditable financial statements for the Department of Defense.
2. (b) Use of Funding and Resources.— The Secretary of Defense may use science and technology funding, prototypes, and test and evaluation resources as appropriate in support of deployment of technologies and services as described in subsection (a).

(Added and amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1002(f)(1), (2), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1541, 1542, § 254a; renumbered § 240e, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, § 1002(a)(1)(A), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1945.)

Codification

Text of section, as added by Pub. L. 115–91, is based on text of subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2380, which were formerly set out in a note under section 2222 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1002(f)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1542.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 254a of this title as this section.

2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–91, § 1002(f)(2)(A), substituted “of this title” for “of title 10, United States Code,” and struck out “, as soon as practicable,” after “develop”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–91, § 1002(f)(2)(B), substituted “deployment of technologies and services as described in subsection (a)” for “this deployment”.