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[quote=Anonymous]I know most people reading and posting here are more interested in the red meat issues going on in the political arena. One that is underway that is well underneath the radar is OMB’s effort to rewrite the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

So, if you are a fed, chances are you’ve dealt with the FAR at some point t or another either directly or indirectly. It is archaic and messy at times, but it’s what we have to use when purchasing hundreds of billions of dollars of good and services.

So, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is rewriting the FAR and has excluded GSA, the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council, and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council from the process.

Apparently, no new language is going to be added. Instead, they are going to "line out" all text that is not required by statute. They may also line out text that is related to a statute but not essential to implementing the statute. Text based on executive orders will be lined out, since it is not based on statute. They are doing research into the sources of existing text. The prospective new text is being referred to as FAR 2.0.

They are planning to move fast and complete the project in weeks, not months. It appears they are going to bypass the normal notice and comment

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