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The pandemic and its aftermath created a greater awareness of the fragility of global supplychains, and the federal government’s overreliance on adversaries in the supplychain. Two different supplychainsupply regimes essentially govern supply acquisition: The Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA).
The pandemic and its aftermath created a greater awareness of the fragility of global supplychains, and the federal government’s over reliance on adversaries in the supplychain. Two different supplychainsupply regimes essentially govern supply acquisition: The Buy American Act (BAA) and the Trade Agreements Act (TAA).
On October 5, 2023, the FAR Council released an Interim Rule on “ Implementation of Federal Acquisition SupplyChain Security Act (FASCSA) Orders.” Government supplychain as directed by the Federal Acquisition Security Council (“FASC). In August 2021, the FASC issued a Final Rule adding a new 41 C.F.R.
The new FAR clauses implementing these changes will apply to all contracts, including contracts below the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracts or orders for commercial products or services (including commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) items), and orders under indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracting vehicles.
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We remain committed to this mission at the upcoming Spring Training Conference, ensuring that attendees leave with comprehensive updates on acquisition policies, programs, and initiatives in subjects like artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, the medical supplychain, and much more. We look forward to seeing you in May!
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Updates to relevant terms and definitions – The proposed rule includes new definitions for “IoT devices,” “Operational Technology,” “Telecommunications Equipment,” “Telecommunications Services,” and “Security incident” to be included in FAR 2.101. Notably absent from those FAR provisions is a definition for these terms.
Kurt Hauser made an observation, sometimes called Hauser’s law (but calling it a law is an overstatement because it is not a globally applicable principle like the law of supply and demand). [74] 86] Hence, supplychain realignment is well underway. .” 86] Hence, supplychain realignment is well underway.
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