; and (B) in subparagraphs (B) and (C), by striking the Chief Management Officer and inserting the Secretary ; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the Chief Management Officer each place it appears and inserting the Secretary . (c) Assignment of responsibility for financial improvement and audit remediation to under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Section 240b of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking The Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), and inserting The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall, in consultation with the Performance Improvement Officer of the Department of Defense, ; and (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(ii), by striking the Chief Management Officer and inserting the Performance Improvement Officer . (d) Removal of Chief Management Officer as recipient of reports of audits by external auditors Section 240d(d)(1)(A) of such title is amended by striking and the Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense . (e) Conforming amendments to provisions of law related to Freedom of Information Act exemptions Such title is further amended— (1) in section 130e— (A) by striking subsection (d); (B) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and (C) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— (i) in the first sentence, by striking , or the Secretary's designee, ; and (ii) in the second sentence, by striking , through the Office of the Director of Administration and Management ; and (2) in section 2254a— (A) by striking subsection (c); (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and (C) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— (i) in the first sentence, by striking , or the Secretary's designee,