[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8245]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration


Federal Aviation Administration Life Cycle Acquisition Management 
System

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of FAA's new 
Acquisition Management System, which is effective April 1. This 
document contains policy guidance that implements the FY 1996 
Transportation Appropriation Bill, signed by President Clinton in 
November 1995, that gave FAA an exemption from acquisition laws and 
provided authority to create a flexible, more cost effective system. 
Guidance is focused on the acquisition management system, the life 
cycle acquisition process, the procurement system and process, and an 
acquisition work force learning system. Acquisitions are handled by 
integrated product teams, who provide support through all stages of the 
process.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FAA Hotline number 202/267-7029.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Internet Home Page: http://www.faa.gov/asu/
asu100/acq-reform/acq__home.htm

Background

    The 1996 Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, Public 
Law 104-50, signed by the President on November 22, 1995, required the 
FAA to ``develop an acquisition management system that addresses the 
unique needs of the agency and, at a minimum, provides for more timely 
and cost-effective acquisitions of equipment and materials.'' FAA was 
directed to create this system ``notwithstanding provisions of Federal 
acquisition law.'' A team of FAA employees designed a new system with 
input from industry, the aviation community, and other government 
agencies. The provisions in the FAA Acquisition Management System take 
effect on April 1, 1996. The information collection associated with 
this system is approved under OMB control number 2120-0595. This is an 
emergency clearance through June 30, 1996. The FAA will be accepting 
comments on this system until April 22 and submitting a request at that 
time for a three year clearance. When the clearance is received, the 
expiration date will be published in the Federal Register. Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to 
a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control 
number.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 29, 1996.
Gilbert B. Devey, Jr.,
Deputy Director, Office of Acquisitions.
[FR Doc. 96-8245 Filed 4-1-96; 10:08 am]
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