Changes to purchasing rules in the Federal Register
Rules, proposals and notices published on Title 48 (FAR and supplements) since 1994, by year.
The Federal Register version always prevails.
Dec 15, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Architectural and Engineering Services and Construction Design
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 2801 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999. Section 2801 increases, …
Dec 15, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Electronic Signature of Receiving Reports
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to clarify that DoD contract administration procedures permit electronic notification to the payment office of Government accepta…
Dec 15, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to clarify requirements for use of a clause pertaining to compliance with Spanish laws and insurance under contracts for services…
Dec 15, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; E-Mail/ Internet Addresses on Contracts and Modifications
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to specify that contracting officers must include an e-mail/Internet address, when available, on contracts and modifications.
Dec 15, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Short Form Research Contract
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove obsolete guidance pertaining to short form research contracts with educational institutions and nonprofit organizations…
Dec 10, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; OMB Circular A-119
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the use of voluntary consensus standards in accordance with the requirements of Office of Managem…
Dec 9, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Competition Exception for International Agreements
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 841(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. Section 841(b) repeals the requiremen…
Dec 9, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Waiver Authority to Support Humanitarian or Peacekeeping Operations
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. Section 803 permits the head of an agenc…
Dec 9, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Hazardous Waste Disposal
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove guidance pertaining to contracts for the offsite treatment or disposal of hazardous waste from defense facilities. The …
Dec 9, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Service Contracts that Cross Fiscal Years
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to remove obsolete guidance pertaining to service contracts that cross fiscal years. Section 801 of the National Defense Authoriz…
Dec 9, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Environmental Protection Agency
Acquisition Regulation: Contractor Proposal Evaluations
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to include new regulations on Socioeconomic Programs, and to amend regulations regarding Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses. These amendments will allow cont…
Dec 8, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Acquisition Regulation (NRCAR)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations governing the procurement of goods and services. The proposed rule is intended to meet the requirements of Public Law 103-355 (the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act--FASA) an…
Dec 8, 1998 · Rule · Air Force Department; Defense Department
Types of Contracts
The Department of the Air Force is amending Title 48, Chapter 53 of the CFR by removing Part 5316, Types of Contracts. This rule is removed because it does not meet the requirement for codification. It was revised as part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation …
Nov 30, 1998 · Proposed Rule · State Department
Department of State Acquisition Regulation (DOSAR)
This proposed rule is being issued for comment in accordance with Section 4301 of the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-106). Section 4301 requires the elimination of certification requirements from the Department of State Acquisition Regulat…
Nov 30, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Restructuring Savings Repricing Clause
The Director of Defense Procurement is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to specify that contracting officers should consider using a repricing clause in noncompetitive fixed-price contracts that are negotiated du…
Nov 20, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Adoption of Interim Rules as Final Rules Without Change
The Director of Defense Procurement is adopting as final, without change, eight interim rules that amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). The rules pertain to contractor responsibility, awards to small disadvantaged business con…
Nov 20, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Reform of Affirmative Action in Federal Procurement, Part II
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) guidance concerning programs for small disadvantaged business (SDB) concerns. These amendments conform to a Department of Just…
Nov 20, 1998 · Correction · Agency for International Development; International Development Cooperation Agency
Miscellaneous Amendments to Acquisition Regulations
Nov 18, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Energy Department
Acquisition Regulation: Financial Management Clauses for Management and Operating (M&O) Contracts
The Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its Acquisition Regulation to designate certain Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) M&O contract clauses and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses as Standard Financial Management Clauses t…
Nov 17, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Weighted GuidelinesFederally Funded Research and Development Centers
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to exempt contract actions with Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) from the weighted guidelines method of…
Nov 16, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Proposed Rule
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Use of Brand Name Item Descriptions
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide for the use of brand name purchase descriptions, including ``brand name or equal,'' ``brand name-…
Nov 16, 1998 · Proposed Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Application of Earned Value Management (EVM)
This proposed rule would effect a change to the NASA FAR Supplement relative to the application of Earned Value Management (EVM) at NASA. The proposed change would establish NASA-wide clauses and provisions compatible with those used by DoD. Specifically, the …
Nov 12, 1998 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Reportable Item Definition
This is a final rule to conform the two NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) definitions of ``reportable item''.
Nov 9, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Contract Action Reporting1998
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to update and clarify contract action reporting requirements relating to awards to Federal Prison Industries and government agenc…
Nov 9, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Contract Action ReportingReform of Affirmative Action
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to update contract action reporting requirements relating to programs for small business and small disadvantaged business concern…
Nov 9, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Veterans Affairs Department
VA Acquisition Regulations: Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Health Care Resources
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) to establish simplified procedures for the competitive acquisition of health-care resources, consisting of commercial services or the use of medical equipment or …
Nov 9, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Energy Department
Acquisition Regulations; Performance Guarantees
The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to amend its acquisition regulations to formally require a performance guarantee under circumstances where a prospective awardee has been created solely for the performance of the instant contract and lacks sufficien…
Nov 4, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Agency for International Development; International Development Cooperation Agency
Miscellaneous Amendments to Acquisition Regulations
The U.S. Agency for International Development seeks public comment on a proposed rule that would revise the USAID Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR), 48 CFR Chapter 7. These revisions are being proposed to address current AIDAR deficiencies, some of which result f…
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Circular 97-09; 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) 97-09. A companion document, the Small Entity C…
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Taxpayer Identification Numbers
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Subsection (i) of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and Section 1022…
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Electronic Commerce in Federal Procurement
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Section 850 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 by …
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Alternative Dispute Resolution 1996
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-320) and Section 4…
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Pay-As-You-Go Pension Costs
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for consistency with the cost accounting standards for composition and measurement of pension …
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Rehabilitation Act, Workers With Disabilities
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed to adopt the interim rule published in the Federal Register at 63 FR 34073, June 22, 1998, as a final rule without change. The rule amends the Federal Acquisiti…
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Civil Defense Costs
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to delete the civil defense cost principle. This regulatory action was not subject to Office o…
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Costs Related to Legal/Other Proceedings
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify the allowability of costs incurred for qui tam suits in which the Government does n…
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Service Contracts
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to expand the authority of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard to enter into contrac…
Oct 30, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Payment Due Dates
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify that agencies may authorize amendment of the FAR payment clauses to specify a perio…
Oct 30, 1998 · 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.
Oct 30, 1998 · 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…
Oct 28, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Rule
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Conditionally Accepted Items
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require that, when conditionally accepting nonconforming items, amounts withheld from payments should be …
Oct 27, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Proposed Rule
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Javits-Wagner-O'Day Proposed Revisions
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide procedures for recognizing a name change or a successor in interest for Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (…
Oct 23, 1998 · Rule · Energy Department
Acquisition Regulation; Technical and Administrative Amendments
The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to make technical and administrative changes to the regulation. These changes include: adding definitions to identify those Department personnel subject to certai…
Oct 22, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Corrections
The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council are issuing amendments to FAC 97-07, FAR case 97-004B, Reform of Affirmative Action in Federal Procurement, published in the Federal Register at 63 FR 36120, July 1, 1998, …
Oct 21, 1998 · Rule · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Phased Acquisitions
This is a final rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to revise its existing coverage on phased acquisitions and down-selections to reflect changes in NASA Procedures and Guidance (NPG) 7120.5A, NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requireme…
Oct 21, 1998 · Correction · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Contracting by Negotiation; Part 215 Rewrite
Oct 15, 1998 · Rule · Personnel Management Office
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Improving Carrier Performance; Conforming Changes
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final regulation that implements OPM's initiative to ensure high quality customer service to its enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program by establishing a performance evaluation pr…
Oct 14, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Contracting by Negotiation; Part 215 Rewrite
The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise procedures pertaining to contracting by negotiation. These amendments conform with amendments made to the Federal Acqui…
Oct 8, 1998 · Rule · Defense Department
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Miscellaneous Amendments
Oct 1, 1998 · Proposed Rule · Office of the Secretary; Transportation Department
Amendment of Department of Transportation Acquisition Regulations
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing to amend the Transportation Acquisition Regulation (TAR) to implement and supplement the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Circulars 97-01 through 97-03, to delete unnecessary FAR implementation, and to se…