[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20846]
[[Page 60484]]
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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.
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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 (R&D) 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:
[email protected].
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 (R&D) effort valued at over
$25,000. The proposed rule added a new section 1835.003-70, NASA
Research and Development (R&D) Abstracts, and a related clause,
1852.235-75, NASA Research and Development (R&D) Abstracts. The new
clause provided for the collections of abstracts or summaries for NASA-
funded-awards with R&D 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
R&D 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withdrawn because the automation of the requirements of section 207(g)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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