70 FR 200 pg. 60484 - NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Supplement—Research and Development Abstracts
Type: PRORULEVolume: 70Number: 200Page: 60484
FR document: [FR Doc. 05-20846 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 1835 and 1852
RIN 2700-AC64
NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Supplement-Research and Development Abstracts
AGENCY:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ACTION:
Withdrawal of proposed rule.
SUMMARY:
This action withdraws the proposed rule published Friday, October 31, 2003 (68 FR 62048-62049). NASA will issue internal guidance to automate the collection and transfer of Research and Development (RD) abstracts to an appropriate central repository where they will be available for use by government agencies and other users.
DATES:
October 18, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Monique Sullivan, NASA Headquarters, Contract Management Division, Washington, DC, (703) 553-2560, e-mail: Monique.sullivan-1@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: In the proposed rule published Friday, October 31, 2003 (68 FR 62048-62049), NASA proposed to amend the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to include a requirement for the electronic submission of abstracts of the planned research to be conducted under contracts containing research and development (RD) effort valued at over $25,000. The proposed rule added a new section 1835.003-70, NASA Research and Development (RD) Abstracts, and a related clause, 1852.235-75, NASA Research and Development (RD) Abstracts. The new clause provided for the collections of abstracts or summaries for NASA-funded-awards with RD effort greater than $25,000. The requirements of section 207(g) of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347) provide the basis for this change. Section 207(g) mandates the development and maintenance of a repository that integrates information on research and development funded by the Federal Government. In furtherance of this requirement, NASA had also established a Web-based database system to collect summaries or abstracts for all the Agency's procurements containing research and development effort valued over $25,000. A NASA Web site was further established for recipients of NASA RD contracts to enter their abstract data. The proposed rule is withdrawn because the automation of the requirements of section 207(g) of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347) voids the need for the proposed rule.
James A. Balinskas,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Procurement.
[FR Doc. 05-20846 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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