(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each Major System Congressional Report shall include the following:(A) The name of the major system.
(B) The date of the preparation of the report.
(C) The program phase of the major system as of the date of the preparation of the report.
(D) The estimate of the total acquisition cost for the major system expressed in constant base-year dollars and in current dollars.
(E) The current Baseline Estimate for the major system in constant base-year dollars and in current dollars.
(F) A statement of the reasons for any increase in total acquisition cost for the major system.
(G) The completion status of the major system—(i) expressed as the percentage that the number of years for which funds have been appropriated for the major system is of the number of years for which it is planned that funds will be appropriated for the major system; and
(ii) expressed as the percentage that the amount of funds that have been appropriated for the major system is of the total amount of funds which it is planned will be appropriated for the major system.
(H) The fiscal year in which the major system was first authorized and in which funds for such system were first appropriated by Congress.
(I) The current change and the total change, in dollars and expressed as a percentage, in the total acquisition cost for the major system, stated both in constant base-year dollars and in current dollars.
(J) The quantity of end items to be acquired under the major system and the current change and total change, if any, in that quantity.
(K) The identities of the officers responsible for management and cost control of the major system.
(L) The action taken and proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the major system.
(M) Any changes made in the performance or schedule milestones of the major system and the extent to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total acquisition cost for the major system.
(N) The following contract performance assessment information with respect to each major contract under the major system:(i) The name of the contractor.
(ii) The phase that the contract is in at the time of the preparation of the report.
(iii) The percentage of work under the contract that has been completed.
(iv) Any current change and the total change, in dollars and expressed as a percentage, in the contract cost.
(v) The percentage by which the contract is currently ahead of or behind schedule.
(vi) A narrative providing a summary explanation of the most significant occurrences, including cost and schedule variances under major contracts of the major system, contributing to the changes identified and a discussion of the effect these occurrences will have on the future costs and schedule of the major system.
(O) In any case in which one or more problems with a software component of the major system significantly contributed to the increase in costs of the major system, the action taken and proposed to be taken to solve such problems.