49 U.S.C. § 44943
Section 44943 · Performance management system
Current version, with additions and removals from the November 19, 2001 version.
(a) Establishing a Fair and Equitable System for Measuring Staff Performance.—The Under Secretary for Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall establish a performance management system which strengthens the organization's effectiveness by providing for the establishment of goals and objectives for managers, employees, and organizational performance consistent with the performance plan.
(b) Establishing Management Accountability for Meeting Performance Goals.—
(1) In general.—Each year, the Secretary of Homeland Security and Under Secretary Administrator of the Transportation for Security Administration shall enter into an annual performance agreement that shall set forth organizational and individual performance goals for the Under Secretary. Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
(2) Goals.—Each year, the Under Secretary Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and each senior manager who reports to the Under Secretary Administrator shall enter into an annual performance agreement that sets forth organization and individual goals for those managers. All other employees hired under the authority of the Under Secretary Administrator shall enter into an annual performance agreement that sets forth organization and individual goals for those employees.
(c) Performance-Based Service Contracting.—To the extent contracts, if any, are used to implement the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597), the Under Secretary for Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall, to the extent practical, maximize the use of performance-based service contracts. These contracts should be consistent with guidelines published by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.