[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43971-43972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15937]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

48 CFR Parts 915, 934, 942, 944, 945, and 952

RIN 1991-AC01


Acquisition Regulation: Contractor Business Systems--Definition 
and Administration

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: On April 1, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a rule in the Federal Register proposing to amend the 
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR). DOE hereby 
withdraws this proposed rule.

DATES: The proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register on April 
1, 2014 at 79 FR 18415 is withdrawn as of July 6, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue

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SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-6111. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 1, 2014, the U.S. Department of 
Energy (DOE) published a rule proposing to amend the Department of 
Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to define contractor business 
system as an accounting system, estimating system, purchasing system, 
earned value management system (EVMS), and property management system 
(79 FR 18415). In the proposed rulemaking, DOE proposed to implement 
compliance enforcement mechanisms in the form of a contractor business 
system clause and related clauses that included a provision that would 
allow contracting officers to withhold a percentage of payments, under 
certain conditions, when a contractor's business system contained 
significant deficiencies. However, the Department has determined that 
it will not proceed with the rulemaking and, as such, is withdrawing 
the proposed rule.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2016.
Berta Schreiber,
Director, Office of Acquisition Management, Department of Energy.
Joseph Waddell,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Acquisition and Project Management, 
National Nuclear Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-15937 Filed 7-5-16; 8:45 am]
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