5 U.S.C. § 9006 — Studies, reports, and audits

(a) Provisions Relating to Carriers .— Each master contract under this chapter must contain provisions requiring the carrier— (1) to furnish that reasonable reports as the Office of Personnel Management determines to be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this chapter; and (2) to permit the Office and representatives of the Government Accountability Office to examine that records of the carrier as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) Provisions Relating to Federal Agencies .— Each Federal agency must keep that records, make that certifications, and furnish the Office, the carrier, or both, with that information and reports as the Office may require. (c) Reports by the Government Accountability Office .— The Government Accountability Office must prepare and submit to the President, the Office of Personnel Management, and each House of Congress, before the end of the third and fifth years during which the program under this chapter is in effect, a written report evaluating that program. Each that report must include an analysis of the competitiveness of the program, as compared to both group and individual coverage generally available to individuals in the private insurance market. The Office must cooperate with the Government Accountability Office to provide periodic evaluations of the program.