Changes to purchasing rules in the Federal Register

Apr 18, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Cost Accounting Standards Administration

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to delineate the process for determining and resolving the cost impact on contracts and subcontra…

Apr 18, 2000 · Proposed Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Submission of Final Reports Under NASA Research and Development Contracts

This is a proposed rule to revise report submission requirements under NASA research and development (R&D) contracts and clarify that contractors cannot release these final reports until NASA has completed its Document Availability Authorization (DAA) review a…

Apr 13, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Disclosure of Information

DoD is withdrawing the proposed rule published at 64 FR 56724 on October 21, 1999. The rule proposed amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) pertaining to contractor release of sensitive, unclassified contract information. D…

Apr 13, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Closeout of Foreign Military Sales Contract Line Items

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) policy pertaining to closeout of contract files. The amendments would expedite the closeout of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract line…

Apr 13, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Utilization of Indian Organizations and Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise procedures pertaining to the Indian Incentive Program. The Program provides for incentive payments to Government…

Apr 13, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Manufacturing Technology Program

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement is adopting as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 216 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000. Sec…

Apr 13, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Caribbean Basin Countries

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the determination of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to renew the treatment of Caribbean Basin …

Apr 13, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Foreign Acquisition

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). These amendments conform the DFARS to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Amendments pertaining to foreign acquisiti…

Apr 12, 2000 · Correction · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Authority Relating to Utility Privatization

Apr 3, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Discussion Requirements

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify the scope of discussions in competitive negotiated acquisitions.

Mar 29, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Procurement Integrity Rewrite

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to rewrite procurement integrity coverage in plain language.

Mar 27, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Circular 97-16; Introduction

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules issued by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-16. The Councils drafted these FAR rules usi…

Mar 27, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and Small Business …

Mar 27, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Progress Payments and Related Financing Policies

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to reduce the burdens imposed on contractors and contracting officers by the progre…

Mar 27, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments

This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation in order to update references and make editorial changes.

Mar 27, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Entity Compliance Guide

This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance…

Mar 16, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments to Update Activity Names and Addresses

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement is amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to update names and addresses of DoD activities.

Mar 16, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Cargo Preference-Subcontracts for Commercial Items

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) policy regarding the applicability of statutory requirements for use of U.S. vessels in the transportation of supplies by sea.…

Mar 16, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Federal Prison Industries Waiver Threshold

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to increase, from $25 to $250, the threshold at which DoD must request clearance from Federal Prison Industries (FPI) befo…

Mar 16, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Construction and Service Contracts in Noncontiguous States

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 8071 of the Fiscal Year 2000 Defense Appropriations Act. Section 8071 provides that DoD contracts …

Mar 16, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to update activity names, addresses, and telephone numbers; delete obsolete text; update paragraph numbering and cross-references…

Mar 13, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Energy Department

Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation; Rewrite of Regulations Governing Management and Operating Contracts

The Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its Acquisition Regulation to streamline the policies, procedures, provisions and clauses that are applicable to its management and operating contracts. This rulemaking proposes to eliminate coverage that is obs…

Mar 10, 2000 · Rule · Housing and Urban Development Department

HUD Acquisition Regulation; Technical Correction

This document makes a technical correction to a final rule that amended the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acquisition Regulation (HUDAR) by restoring language that had been inadvertently removed.

Mar 9, 2000 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Miscellaneous Administrative Revisions to the NASA FAR Supplement

This is a final rule to conform the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); indicate the method of voluntary consensus standard reporting utilized by NASA; clarify that when using NASA's structured approach for determining prof…

Mar 2, 2000 · Rule · General Services Administration

General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation

The General Services Administration (GSA) is adopting as final, with changes, the interim rule published in the Federal Register at 64 FR 37200, July 9, 1999, the reissuance of the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR). GSA rewrote the …

Feb 25, 2000 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Foreign Acquisition

This final rule conforms the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to Federal Acquisition regulations on Foreign Acquisition, finalized in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-15. It also refines internal agency coordination procedures.

Feb 10, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Contract Drawings, Maps, and Specifications

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise a clause used in construction contracts. The revised clause would explicitly allow the Government to furnish drawings and s…

Feb 10, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; People's Republic of China

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 8120 of the DoD Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999, as amended by Section 144 of Title I, Divisi…

Feb 10, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; OMB Circular A-119

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to address use of a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision that invites offerors to propose alternatives to Govern…

Feb 10, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Delegation of Class Deviation Authority

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to authorize the senior procurement executives for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the Directors of the Defense Commiss…

Feb 10, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Mentor-Protege Program Improvements

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 811 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000. Section 811 amends statutory p…

Feb 10, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Profit Policy

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement is soliciting comments from both government and industry personnel regarding potential changes to the profit policy specified in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). The changes would increas…

Feb 9, 2000 · Correction · Housing and Urban Development Department

HUD Acquisition Regulation; Miscellaneous Revisions

Feb 7, 2000 · Rule · Federal Procurement Policy Office; Management and Budget Office

Cost Accounting Standards Board; Applicability, Thresholds and Waiver of Cost Accounting Standards Coverage

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Cost Accounting Standards Board, is revising applicability, thresholds and procedures for the application of the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) to negotiated government contracts. This rulemaking is authorized pursuan…

Feb 2, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department

Changes in Cost of Accounting Practices

The Office of the Director of Defense Procurement, in conjunction with the National Contract Management Association, is sponsoring additional public meetings to discuss alternatives to the Cost Accounting Standards Board's Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulem…

Feb 1, 2000 · Correction · Defense Department; Postal Service

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Debarment Investigation and Reports

Jan 31, 2000 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department; Education Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Securities and Exchange Commission

Federal Acquisition Circular 97-15; Introduction

Jan 31, 2000 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Foreign Acquisition Regulation; Foreign Acquisition (Part 25 Rewrite)

Jan 31, 2000 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program

Jan 26, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Deferred Research and Development Costs

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify and simplify the "Deferred research and development costs" cost principle.

Jan 26, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Drafting Principles

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The proposed rule adds FAR drafting principles to enhance a common understanding of the regulati…

Jan 24, 2000 · Uncategorized Document · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Time-and-Materials or Labor-Hours

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify the requirements regarding changes to time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts.

Jan 21, 2000 · Rule · Housing and Urban Development Department

HUD Acquisition Regulation; Miscellaneous Revisions

This rule amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acquisition Regulation (HUDAR) to implement changes applicable to HUD's procurement activities made in the Federal Acquisition Regulation since the HUDAR's last issuance and implements misc…

Jan 21, 2000 · Rule · Housing and Urban Development Department

HUD Acquisition Regulation; Miscellaneous Revisions

This rule amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acquisition Regulation (HUDAR) to implement changes made to the Federal Acquisition Regulation since the HUDAR's last issuance, and implement requirements of the Federal Acquisition Reform …

Jan 20, 2000 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Implementing Foreign Proposals to NASA Research Announcements on a No-Exchange-of-Funds Basis

This is a final rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to conform the handling of foreign proposals under NASA Research Announcements (NRAs) with that under Announcements of Opportunity (AOs).

Jan 13, 2000 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Liquidated Damages

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to rewrite guidance on liquidated damages in plain language.

Jan 13, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Paid Advertisements

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to eliminate a requirement for contracting officers to use a specific form when requesting approval to advertise in newspa…

Jan 13, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Manufacturing Technology Program

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 216 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000. Section 216 amends statutory p…

Jan 13, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Institutions of Higher Education

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 549 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000. Section 549 amends statutory p…

Jan 13, 2000 · Rule · Defense Department

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Authority Relating to Utility Privatization

The Acting Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 2812 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000. Section 2812 provides that Do…