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Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Detection and Avoidance of Counterfeit Electronic Parts

The Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Acquisition Regulations System, proposed a rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Detection and Avoidance of Counterfeit Electronic Parts (DFARS Case 2014-D005), to further implement a requirement of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, as modified by a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, that addresses required sources of electronic parts for defense contractors and subcontractors, 80 Fed. Reg. 56939. Comments on the proposed rule are due on, or before, November 20, 2015.

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments

The Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Acquisition Regulations System, issued a final rule making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide needed editorial changes. 80 Fed. Reg. 56929. This final rule amended the DFARS as follows: removed the phrase “and contracts” in two places in the prescription at DFARS 204.7304(a); revised cross references cited in DFARS 212.301, 217.770, and 225.370(d); revised the heading for DFARS subpart 213.5 to align with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5 heading; updated a hyperlink at DFARS 215.404-71-3(b)(7); updated an address at DFARS 216.504(c)(1)(ii)(D)(ii); directed contracting officers to additional DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) by adding a reference at DFARS 219.201; updated a reference to a DOD Directive at DFARS 239.7102-1; updated a hyperlink in DFARS clause 252.204-7012 and made minor editorial revisions; and corrected a cross reference in DFARS clause 252.239-7009. The changes became effective September 21, 2015.