[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29727-29728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13810]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Part 1830


Cost Accounting Standards Waivers

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Interim rule adopted as final without changes.

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SUMMARY: This is a final rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to 
identify who within NASA has the authority to approve Cost Accounting 
Standards waivers.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Louis Becker, NASA Headquarters, 
Office of Procurement, Contract Management Division (Code HK), 
Washington, DC 20546, telephone: (202) 358-4593, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    NASA is adopting as final, without change, the interim rule 
published in the August 11, 2000 Federal Register (65 FR 49205-49206). 
The interim rule identified the Associate Administrator for Procurement 
as the senior policymaking official delegated the authority to approve 
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) waivers for NASA. The NASA interim rule 
was issued in response to a FAR interim rule published in the June 6, 
2000 Federal Register (65 FR 36028-36030) that authorized the heads of 
executive agencies to approve CAS waivers and allowed for this 
authority to be delegated to an official not below the senior 
policymaking level in the agency. The FAR interim rule resulted from 
Section 802 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000 (Pub. L. 106-65) which made several changes to CAS, including 
waivers. The FAR interim rule was adopted as a final rule without 
change (66 FR 2136-2137, January 10, 2001). No comments were received 
in response to the NASA interim rule.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    NASA certifies that this final rule will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small business entities 
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) because 
this rule pertains to Cost Accounting Standards from which small 
businesses are exempt.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because the changes to 
the NFS do not impose recordkeeping or information collection 
requirements, or collection of information from offerors, contractors, 
or members of the public which require the approval of the Office of 
Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 30

    Government procurement.

Tom Luedtke,
Associate Administrator for Procurement.

Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without Changes

    Accordingly, NASA adopts the interim rule amending 48 CFR part 
1830, which was published in the Federal Register at 65 FR 49205-49206, 
August 11, 2000, as a final rule without change.


    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1).
[FR Doc. 01-13810 Filed 5-31-01; 8:45 am]
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