[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR2.3]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 2_PILOT PROGRAM POLICY--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  2.3  Regulatory relief for participating programs.

    (a) A program participating in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program 
will not be subject to any regulation, policy, directive, or 
administrative rule or guideline relating to the acquisition activities 
of the Department of Defense other than the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR) \1\, the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) \2\, or those 
regulatory requirements added by the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Technology, the Head of the Component, or the DoD 
Component Acquisition Executive.
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    \1\ Copies of this Department of Defense publication may be obtained 
from the Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, 
Washington, DC 20402.
    \2\ See footnote 1 to Sec.  2.3(a).
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    (b) Provisions of the FAR and/or DFARS that do not implement 
statutory requirements may be waived by the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Technology using appropriate administrative 
procedures. Provisions of the FAR and DFARS that implement statutory 
requirements may be waived or limited in accordance with the procedures 
for statutory relief previously mentioned.
    (c) Regulatory relief includes relief from use of government-unique 
specifications and standards. Since a major objective of the Defense 
Acquisition Pilot Program is to promote standard, commercial industrial 
practices, functional performance and commercial specifications and 
standards will be used to the maximum extent practical. Federal or 
military specifications and standards may be used only when no practical 
alternative exists that meet the user's needs. Defense acquisition 
officials (other than the Program Manager or Commodity Manager) may only 
require the use of military specifications and standards with advance 
approval from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Technology, the Head of the DoD Component, or the DoD Component 
Acquisition Executive.