Changes to purchasing rules in the Federal Register
Rules, proposals and notices published on Title 48 (FAR and supplements) since 1994, by year.
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Sep 22, 2025 · Notice · Labor Department; Office of the Secretary
Semiannual Agenda of Regulations
The internet has become the means for disseminating the entirety of the Department of Labor's semiannual regulatory agenda. However, the Regulatory Flexibility Act requires publication of a regulatory flexibility agenda in the Federal Register. This Federal Re…
Sep 22, 2025 · Notice · Office of the Secretary; Transportation Department
Department Regulatory and Deregulatory Agenda; Semiannual Summary
The Regulatory Agenda of the Department of Transportation (Department) is a semiannual summary of current, projected, and completed rulemakings, as well as reviews of existing regulations. The Regulatory Agenda provides the public with information about the De…
Sep 11, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Federal Procurement Policy Office; Management and Budget Office
Conformance of Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Cost Accounting Standards 404, 408, 409, and 411
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (the Board), is releasing this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to elicit public comments on proposed changes to the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) to conform CAS 404, 408, 4…
Sep 11, 2025 · Rule · Federal Procurement Policy Office; Management and Budget Office
Conformance of Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Operating Revenue and Lease Accounting
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (the Board), is publishing, with additional clarification based on public comments from the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), a final rule revising the Cost Accounting Standar…
Sep 10, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041)
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to incorporate contractual requirements related to the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program rule, titled Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certifi…
Aug 28, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023); Correction
DoD is correcting a final rule that published in the Federal Register on August 25, 2025, to correct the provision date in section 252.209-7011.
Aug 27, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Introduction
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-06. A companion document, the…
Aug 27, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, or FAR Council) are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to further implement a statute, which requires an adjustment every five…
Aug 27, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance Guide
This document is issued under the joint authority of OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of th…
Aug 25, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments
DoD is amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to make needed editorial changes.
Aug 25, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002)
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to further implement the statute that requires an adjustment every 5 years of statutory acquisition-related thresholds for inflation. The adjustment uses the Con…
Aug 25, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preventing Conflicts of Interest for Certain Consulting Services (DFARS Case 2024-D007)
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which prohibits contracting officers from awarding contracts assigned cert…
Aug 25, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023)
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which amend a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal …
Aug 25, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of DoD Funding in Technical Publications (DFARS Case 2024-D003)
DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the William M. Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 that provides a requirement to disclose DoD funds in public docu…
Aug 7, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-05; Introduction
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-05. A companion document, the…
Aug 7, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-05; Small Entity Compliance Guide
This document is issued under the joint authority of OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of th…
Aug 7, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Clarification of System for Award Management Preaward Registration Requirements
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, or FAR Council) have adopted as final, without changes, an interim rule that amended the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify System for Award Manageme…
Aug 7, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
This document amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to make needed editorial changes.
Jul 21, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA, collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council), are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to ensure agencies procure straws with the strength and durability of plastic in acc…
Jul 18, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: 8(a) Program (DFARS Case 2024-D025)
DoD is withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) for the case titled: 8(a) Program (DFARS Case 2024-D025). Accordingly, this proposed rule is withdrawn, and the DFARS case is closed.
Jul 18, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (DFARS Case 2020-D028)
DoD is withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) for the case titled: Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (DFARS Case 2020- D028). DoD has determined that the proposed rule's objectiv…
Jul 7, 2025 · Rule · Energy Department
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this technical amendment to reinstate text that was deleted from the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) in error when the DEAR was revised through a final rule in November 2024, and effective De…
Jun 12, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Programs
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, or FAR Council) are withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) titled: Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Tran…
Jun 12, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, or FAR Council) are withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) titled: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award…
Jun 12, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; Energy Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, or FAR Council) are withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) titled: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contra…
May 12, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04; Introduction
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-04. A companion document, the…
May 12, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Energy Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: List of Domestically Nonavailable Articles
OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council) are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the list of domestically nonavailable articles under the Buy American statute…
May 12, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
This document amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to make needed editorial changes.
May 12, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; Management and Budget Office; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04; Small Entity Compliance Guide
This document is issued under the joint authority of OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of th…
Apr 11, 2025 · Rule · Commerce Department; Office of the Secretary
Removal of Form CD 570 From the Commerce Acquisition Regulation
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is issuing this final rule to remove the internal procedures of Form CD-570, small business review form, the Commerce Acquisition Regulation (CAR). The purpose of the administrative rulemaking is to transition internal pol…
Apr 9, 2025 · Rule · General Services Administration
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Update to OMB Approval Table
Apr 3, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Transportation Department
Ensuring Lawful Regulation; Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
As part of its implementation of Executive orders issued by the President, including Executive Order 14219, "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementation of the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Agenda," issued on February 19, 202…
Mar 28, 2025 · Rule · General Services Administration
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Update to OMB Approval Table
The General Services Administration is again postponing the effectiveness of amendments that appeared in the Federal Register on December 27, 2024, in compliance with the Presidential Memorandum titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review, signed on January 20, 20…
Jan 31, 2025 · Rule · General Services Administration
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR); Update to OMB Approval Table
The General Services Administration is postponing the effectiveness of amendments that appeared in the Federal Register on December 27, 2024, to provide for a 60-day postponement of the effectiveness in compliance with the Presidential Memorandum titled Regula…
Jan 17, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments
DoD is amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to make needed editorial changes.
Jan 17, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002)
DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to further implement the statute that requires an adjustment every 5 years of statutory acquisition-related thresholds for inflation. The adjustment uses the Consumer Price…
Jan 17, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Federal Procurement Policy Office; Management and Budget Office
Conformance of the Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for CAS 404 Capitalization of Tangible Assets and CAS 411 Accounting for Acquisition Costs of Material
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (CAS Board or the Board), is releasing this advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to elicit public comments on proposed changes to the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) on …
Jan 17, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Definition of Material Weakness (DFARS Case 2021-D006)
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement sections of the National Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal Year 2021 that defines the term "material weakness" for Government evaluation of cont…
Jan 17, 2025 · Rule · Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Update of Challenge Period for Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data and Computer Software (DFARS Case 2022-D016)
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which addresses the validation of proprietary data restrictions.
Jan 15, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the National Archives and Records Administration's Controlled Unclassified Information Program enacted under an Executive Order entitled Controlled Unclassified Inf…
Jan 15, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act. The statute requires the FAR to provide and update definitions, guidance, and exampl…
Jan 15, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to issue policy on small business participation on certain multiple-award contracts.
Jan 15, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify protest rights for orders set aside under certain multiple-award contracts.
Jan 13, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk
DoD, GSA, and NASA are withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) titled: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk. Executive Order 14030, directed the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council…
Jan 8, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; Federal Procurement Policy Office; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Federal Procurement Policy; Federal Acquisition Regulation: Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting
DoD, GSA, and NASA are withdrawing the proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) titled: Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting. The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP Administrator) is simultaneously withdrawi…
Jan 8, 2025 · Proposed Rule · State Department
Department of State Acquisition Regulation: Nondiscrimination in Foreign Assistance; Withdrawal of Two NPRMs
The Department of State (the Department) hereby withdraws two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) that proposed specific contract and grant terms that would have prohibited the discriminatory use of Department foreign assistance funds on specified grounds.
Jan 3, 2025 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Strengthening America's Cybersecurity Workforce
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to incorporate a framework for describing cybersecurity workforce knowledge and skill requirements used in contracts for information technology support services and cybersecurit…
Jan 3, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to improve consistency between the procurement and nonprocurement procedures on suspension and debarment, based on the recommendations of the Interagency Suspension a…
Jan 3, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration to order-level size and socioeconomic status rerepresentation requirements.
Jan 3, 2025 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement regulatory changes made by the Small Business Administration to add incentives for certain United States territories under the Small Business Administrat…