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10 U.S.C. § 3848 — Defense audit agencies: Small Business Ombudsmen
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**(a) Small Business Ombudsman.—** The Secretary of Defense shall designate within each defense audit agency an official as the Small Business Ombudsman to have the duties described in subsection (b) and such other responsibilities as may be determined by the Secretary.
**(b) Duties.—** The Small Business Ombudsman of a defense audit agency shall—
(1) advise the Director of the defense audit agency on policy issues related to small business concerns;
(2) serve as the defense audit agency’s primary point of contact and source of information for small business concerns;
(3) collect and monitor relevant data regarding the defense audit agency’s conduct of audits of small business concerns, including—
(A) data regarding the timeliness of audit closeouts for small business concerns; and
(B) data regarding the responsiveness of the defense audit agency to issues or other matters raised by small business concerns; and
(4) make recommendations to the Director regarding policies, processes, and procedures related to the timeliness of audits of small business concerns and the responsiveness of the defense audit agency to issues or other matters raised by small business concerns.
**(c) Audit Independence.—** The Small Business Ombudsman of a defense audit agency shall be segregated from ongoing audits in the field and shall not engage in activities with regard to particular audits that could compromise the independence of the defense audit agency or undermine compliance with applicable audit standards.
**(d) Defense Audit Agency Defined.—** In this section, the term “defense audit agency” means the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Agency.
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**(a) Small Business Ombudsman.—** The Secretary of Defense shall designate within each defense audit agency an official as the Small Business Ombudsman to have the duties described in subsection (b) and such other responsibilities as may be determined by the Secretary.
**(b) Duties.—** The Small Business Ombudsman of a defense audit agency shall—
(1) advise the Director of the defense audit agency on policy issues related to small business concerns;
(2) serve as the defense audit agency’s primary point of contact and source of information for small business concerns;
(3) collect and monitor relevant data regarding the defense audit agency’s conduct of audits of small business concerns, including—
(A) data regarding the timeliness of audit closeouts for small business concerns; and
(B) data regarding the responsiveness of the defense audit agency to issues or other matters raised by small business concerns; and
(4) make recommendations to the Director regarding policies, processes, and procedures related to the timeliness of audits of small business concerns and the responsiveness of the defense audit agency to issues or other matters raised by small business concerns.
**(c) Audit Independence.—** The Small Business Ombudsman of a defense audit agency shall be segregated from ongoing audits in the field and shall not engage in activities with regard to particular audits that could compromise the independence of the defense audit agency or undermine compliance with applicable audit standards.
**(d) Defense Audit Agency Defined.—** In this section, the term “defense audit agency” means the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Agency.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** For the purpose of this chapter and chapter 1407 of this title, a Reserve officer’s years of service include all service of the officer as a commissioned officer of a uniformed service other than the following:
(1) Service as a warrant officer.
(2) Constructive service.
(3) Service after appointment as a commissioned officer of a reserve component while in a program of advanced education to obtain the first professional degree required for appointment, designation, or assignment to a professional specialty, but only if that service occurs before the officer commences initial service on active duty or initial service in the Ready Reserve in the specialty that results from such a degree.
**(b)** The exclusion under subsection (a)(3) does not apply to service performed by an officer who previously served on active duty or participated as a member of the Ready Reserve in other than a student status for the period of service preceding the member’s service in a student status.
**(c)** For purposes of subsection (a)(3), an officer shall be considered to be in a professional specialty if the officer is appointed or assigned to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Veterinary Corps, the Medical Service Corps, the Nurse Corps, or the Army Medical Specialists Corps or is designated as a chaplain or judge advocate.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 3848
section (b), the Director shall make the report
available on the publicly available website of
the Agency or such other publicly available
website as the Director considers appropriate.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) The terms ‘‘incurred cost audit’’ and
‘‘qualified incurred cost submission’’ have the
meaning given those terms in section 3842 of
this title.
(2) The term ‘‘sustained questioned costs’’
means questioned costs that were recovered by
the Federal Government as a result of con-
tract negotiations related to such questioned
costs.
(Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VIII, § 805(a),
Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1486, § 2313a; amended Pub.
L. 114–92, div. A, title VIII, § 893(b), Nov. 25, 2015,
129 Stat. 952; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII,
§ 824(d)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2279; Pub. L.
115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 811(d)(1), title X,
§ 1081(d)(5), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1460, 1600; re-
numbered § 3847 and amended Pub. L. 116–283,
div. A, title XVIII, § 1835(c), (d)(3), Jan. 1, 2021,
134 Stat. 4240.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 3847, added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(94), Sept.
2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1484; Pub. L. 86–559, § 1(25), June 30, 1960,
74 Stat. 272, provided for transfer to Retired Reserve or
discharge from his reserve appointment, after July 1,
1960, of each officer in a reserve grade below lieutenant
colonel with 25 years service assigned to Army Nurse
Corps, Army Medical Specialist Corps, or Women’s
Army Corps who had not been recommended for pro-
motion to reserve grade of lieutenant colonel or who
has not remained on active duty since such a rec-
ommendation, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–130,
§ 1(12)(A), Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 376.
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1
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