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Stettler, L. (2005). 'Content removal from the code of federal regulations'. Contract Management 45(10): 36.
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A new trend has emerged among agencies in how they view the content of their regulations and make revisions to their individual Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) supplements. Starting in 2004, the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced their intent to modify their respective FAR supplements to remove certain regulatory sections from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Both DOD and NASA reviewed the content of their regulations and have found numerous instances of content they believe falls under the FAR 103.1(a)(2) exception. Therefore, the agencies prefer to remove this material from the CFR. However, numerous concerns exist among many in industry and the legal community about this process. Other concerns involve the correctness of agency determinations that the material it is removing really qualifies as an item that does not govern the relationship between the government and contractors. The most significant practical impact of the process is its potential to confuse all involved.