[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 62 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 16968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7803]



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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Office of Federal Procurement Policy


Rescission of Office of Federal Procurement Policy; Policy 
Letters 77-2, 78-2, 78-3, 78-4, 79-1, 79-2, 80-3, 80-6, 80-8, 81-1, 81-
2, 82-1, 83-1, 83-2, 83-3, 84-1, 85-1, 89-1, 91-2, 91-4, 92-5, and 95-1

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy.

ACTION: Rescission of Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) 
Policy Letters 77-2, 78-2, 78-3, 78-4, 79-1, 79-2, 80-3, 80-6, 80-8, 
81-1, 81-2, 82-1, 83-1, 83-2, 83-3, 84-1, 85-1, 89-1, 91-2, 91-4, 92-5, 
and 95-1.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy (OFPP) is rescinding the following OFPP Policy Letters: 77-2, 
Section 502(c) of Pub. L. 95-89; 78-2, Preventing ``Wage Busting'' for 
Professionals: Procedures for Evaluating Contractor Proposals for 
Service Contracts; 78-3, Requests for Disclosure of Contractor-Supplied 
Information Obtained in the Course of a Procurement; 78-4, Field 
Contract Support Cross-Servicing Program; 79-1, Implementation of 
Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act, as amended: Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; 79-2, Boards of Contract 
Appeals: Position Allocation Pursuant to Public Law 95-563; 80-3, 
Regulatory Guidance on Pub. L. 95-563, the Contract Disputes Act of 
1978; 80-6, Regulatory Guidance on Section 221 of Public Law 95-507; 
80-8, Establishment of Procurement Data Reporting Requirements to 
Comply with Public Law 96-39 (as amended by Transmittal Memoranda Nos. 
1, 2, and 3); 81-1, Procurement Procedures, Advance Procurement 
Planning, and Review of End-of-Year Purchases; 81-2, Policy Guidance 
for the Labor Surplus Area Programs; 82-1, Policy Guidance Concerning 
Government-wide Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility; 83-1, 
Withholding of Funds from Construction Contract Progress Payments; 83-
2, Publicizing the Development of Procurement Policies and Regulations; 
83-3, Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services, 84-1, Federally 
Funded Research and Development Centers; 85-1, Federal Acquisition 
Regulations System; 89-1, Conflict of Interest Policies Applicable to 
Consultants; 91-2, Service Contracting; 91-4, Use of Irrevocable 
Letters of Credit; 92-5, Past Performance Information; and 95-1, 
Subcontracting Plans for Companies Supplying Commercial Items.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Gerich, Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy, 202-395-3501.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OFPP issued a notice of proposed rescission 
of these 22 Policy Letters that was published in the Federal Register 
on September 15, 1999 (64 FR 50108). No comments were received in 
response to the notice of proposed rescission.
    As indicated in the Supplementary Information section of that 
notice, the rescission of these 22 Policy Letters reflects OFPP's 
conclusion that the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as written, 
contains the current policy. Any policy embodied in the Policy Letters 
rescinded by this notice that is not reflected in the current FAR has 
been either superseded by subsequent statutory changes or is otherwise 
no longer necessary. Accordingly, OFPP Policy Letters 77-2, 78-2, 78-3, 
78-4, 79-1, 79-2, 80-3, 80-6, 80-8, 81-1, 81-2, 82-1, 83-1, 83-2, 83-3, 
84-1, 85-1, 89-1, 91-2, 91-4, 92-5, and 95-1 are hereby rescinded. No 
substantive FAR change is required by this action.
    Eleven OFPP Policy Letters remain in effect. Copies of those Policy 
Letters can be obtained at the ARNet world wide website, http://www.arnet.gov/ Library/OFPP/PolicyLetters.

Deidre A. Lee,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-7803 Filed 3-29-00; 8:45 am]
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