2024-06410. Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-04; Introduction

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Summary presentation of a final rule.

SUMMARY:

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rule agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-04. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.

DATES:

For effective dates see the separate documents, which follow.

ADDRESSES:

The FAC, including the SECG, is available at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The analyst whose name appears in the table below in relation to the FAR case. For information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202-501-4755 or [e-mail].

Rules Listed in FAC 2024-04

Subject	FAR case	Analyst
Establishing Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 40	2022-010	Jones.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A summary for the FAR rule follows. For the actual revisions and/or amendments made by this FAR rule, refer to the specific subject set forth in the document following this summary. FAC 2024-04 amends the FAR as follows:

Establishing Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 40 (FAR Case 2022-010)

This final rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add the framework for a new FAR part on information security and supply chain security. The new FAR part will be used to prescribe policies and procedures for managing information security and supply chain security when acquiring products and services. The creation of this new FAR part does not implement any of the information security and supply chain security policies or procedures. Relocation of the related existing policies or procedures will be done through separate rulemaking.

William F. Clark,

Director, Office of Government-wide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy.

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-04 is issued under the authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services, and the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Unless otherwise specified, all Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and other directive material contained in FAC 2024-04 is effective April 1, 2024 except for FAR Case 2022-010, which is effective May 1, 2024.

John M. Tenaglia,

Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, Department of Defense.

Jeffrey A. Koses,

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, Office of Acquisition Policy, U.S. General Services Administration.

Karla Smith Jackson,

Assistant Administrator for Procurement, Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.