[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4051-4052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1688]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small Entity Compliance Guide

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

ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide.

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SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of the 
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the 
Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with 
Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act 
of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121). It consists of a summary of the rule 
appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-12 which amends 
the FAR. An asterisk (*) next to a rule indicates that a regulatory 
flexibility analysis has been prepared in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 604. 
Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules 
by referring to FAC 2001-12 which precedes this document. These 
documents are also available via the Internet at http://www.arnet.gov/far.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Duarte, FAR Secretariat, (202) 
501-4225. For clarification of content, contact Ms. Victoria Moss, 
Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration, at (202) 501-
4764.

Procurements for Defense Against or Recovery From Terrorism or Nuclear, 
Biological, Chemical or Radiological Attack (FAR Case 2002-026)

    This interim rule revises the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 
in order to implement Sections 852 through 856 and Section 858 of the 
Homeland Security Act (Pub. L. 107-296). Those sections increase the 
amount of the micro-purchase threshold and the simplified acquisition 
threshold for procurements and provide streamlined procedures for 
acquisitions of supplies or services by or for an executive agency 
that, as determined by the head of the executive agency, are to be used 
to facilitate defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, 
biological, chemical, or radiological attack. The

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special increased thresholds and authorities under the Act apply to 
acquisitions resulting from solicitations issued before November 25, 
2003.

    Dated: January 16, 2003.
Al Matera,
Director, Acquisition Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 03-1688 Filed 1-24-03; 8:45 am]
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