Washington Technology has learned the plan is to strip out language not required by statute as well as non-essential regulations and put that material into a non-regulatory user guide that will include best practices and lessons learned.
GSA, NASA and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy are working to create a more lean regulatory framework. The Defense Department is also involved, but a source that WT spoke with only addressed civilian procurement.
Dr. Kevin Rhodes, a senior adviser in the Office of Management and Budget and OFPP, is leading the reform efforts. Rhods joined the government when the Trump administration came to office and has essentially replaced Christine Harada, who held the same position during the Biden administration.
Before joining the administration, Rhodes was an executive at Systecon North America and had a 25-year career in the Air Force.
The general idea of the FAR reforms is return to the basics of the 1994 Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the Clinger-Cohen era.
“Commercial item acquisitions were governed by far fewer rules than they are today,” the source said.
The belief is that the reform efforts will pay dividends in three ways:
Faster acquisitions
Less expensive acquisitions
Fewer barriers to entry, which would attract more companies to the government market.
The changes will not take place in a vacuum. The government will follow a rulemaking process and collect comments from industry and other stakeholders.
But there will be class deviations so critical changes can happen more quickly, the source said.
The entire process is on an expedited timeline.
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