[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32916-32917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14665]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice QDC-2019-01; Docket No. 2019-0002; Sequence No. 18]


Unique Entity ID Standard for Awards Management

AGENCY: Office of Systems Management, Integrated Award Environment, 
General Services Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice of this new Unique Entity ID for Federal awards 
management includes the final technical specification for the 
identifier standard. IAE is hosting a meeting to provide information on 
the new Unique Entity ID standard. The meeting is open to current and 
potential federal awardees (contracts, grants, loan recipients, etc.) 
and the public.

DATES: The Unique Entity ID standard is considered final on July 10, 
2019.
    Meeting date: The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 25, 2019, 
starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), and ending no later 
than 2 p.m., EST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually. Interested individuals 
must register to attend as instructed below under Supplementary 
Information. Once registered, participants will receive the meeting 
information. Further information on the unique entity ID may be found 
online on the following website: gsa.gov/entityid.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Nancy Goode, Program Manager, IAE 
Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement Division. More information can be 
found at gsa.gov/entityid. Questions related to government 
implementation can be directed to [email protected]. All media 
questions should be directed to the GSA Media Affairs at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Currently, the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) utilizes the 
Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) [supreg] 
nine-digit number as the unique identifier for entities throughout the 
federal awarding lifecycle, in SAM.gov, in other Integrated Award 
Environment (IAE) systems, on required forms, and in downstream 
government systems.
    In 2016, the government revised both the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR) and Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2CFR) 
to remove any proprietary references to D&B and the DUNS[supreg] number 
as the unique entity identifier. This allowed the government to 
decouple the required unique identifier from the supporting entity 
validation services.
    As such, the U.S. government is moving to a new unique entity 
identifier for federal awards management, including, but not limited 
to, contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, which will 
ultimately become the primary key to identify entities throughout the 
federal awarding lifecycle, in SAM.gov, other IAE systems, on required 
forms, and in downstream government systems. The

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DUNS[supreg] will be phased out as the entity identifier for entity 
record within SAM.
    Through December 2020, IAE systems will be transitioning from the 
DUNS[supreg] to a SAM-generated Unique Entity ID (UEI). The standard 
for the new UEI was developed by an interagency working group. This new 
entity identifier will be the authoritative identifier once the 
transition is complete.
    More information can be found at gsa.gov/entityid. Questions 
related to government implementation can be directed to 
[email protected]. All media questions should be directed to the 
GSA Media Affairs at [email protected].

Public Meeting

    The public meeting will be conducted virtually where information on 
the awards management Unique Entity ID standard will be presented.

Procedures for Attendance

    To register for the meeting please email [email protected] 
and the meeting information will be sent to you.

Judith Zawatsky,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Systems Management, General Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-14665 Filed 7-9-19; 8:45 am]
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