2011-1324. Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-49; Introduction

AGENCY:

Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION:

Summary presentation of rules.

SUMMARY:

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by DOD, GSA, and NASA in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-49. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

DATES:

For effective dates see separate documents, which follow.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The analyst whose name appears in the table below in relation to each FAR case. Please cite FAC 2005-49 and the specific FAR case number. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat at [phone].

List of Rule in FAC 2005-49

Subject	FAR case	Analyst
Public Access to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (Interim)	2010-016	Loeb.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A summary for the FAR rule follows. For the actual revisions and/or amendments made by this FAR case, refer to FAR Case 2010-016.

FAC 2005-49 amends the FAR as specified below:

Public Access to the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAR Case 2010-016) (Interim)

This interim rule amends the FAR to implement section 3010 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-212), enacted July 29, 2010. Section 3010 requires that the Administrator of the General Services post all information contained in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), excluding past performance reviews, on a publicly available Web site.

This interim rule notifies contractors that FAPIIS data, excluding past performance reviews, will be available to the public after a certain date, and creates a new FAR clause to support the posting of information in FAPIIS. Contracting officers are encouraged to the extent feasible to amend existing solicitations in accordance with FAR 1.108(d), in order to include this revised clause in contracts to be awarded on or after the effective date of this rule.

Dated: January 19, 2011.

Michael O. Jackson,

Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy.