SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) is an electronic-Government initiative. The IAE is aggregating disparate Federal acquisition content, which is currently housed in numerous online systems, by providing one Web site for regulations, systems, resources, opportunities, and training. The Web site at https://www.acquisition.gov was designed to create an easily navigable resource that is both more efficient and transparent.

The transition of the IAE to the new System for Award Management (SAM) architecture has begun. This effort will transition the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database, the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS), and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) to the new architecture. This case provides the first step in updating the FAR for these changes, and it updates the Web addresses present in the FAR for these systems as being accessible through https://www.acquisition.gov. This rule also amends the FAR to provide for accessing the Disaster Response Registry through https://www.acquisition.gov. As the transition to SAM progresses, future FAR cases are anticipated to change the current names of the systems to SAM, as well as to begin the transition of the remaining IAE systems.

II. FAR Changes

This case makes the following administrative changes to the FAR:

• Deletes the definition at 2.101 for “business partner network,” which is no longer necessary in the SAM architecture.
• Deletes reference to “business partner network” at 4.1100, Scope, which is no longer necessary in the SAM architecture.
• Revises the relevant database references shown throughout the FAR, to show the new Web site address athttps://www.acquisition.gov. Databases include the CCR, EPLS, ORCA, and Disaster Response Registry.

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. This is not a significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not subject to review under section 6(b) of E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, dated September 30, 1993. This rule is not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804.

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Regulatory Flexibility Act does not apply to this rule because this final rule does not constitute a significant FAR revision within the meaning of FAR 1.501-1 and 41 U.S.C. 1707 and does not require publication for public comment.

V. Paperwork Reduction Act

The final rule does not contain any information collection requirements that require the approval of the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Therefore, DoD, GSA, and NASA amend 48 CFR parts 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 18, 25, 26, and 52 as set forth below:

1. The authority citation for 48 CFR parts 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 18, 25, 26, and 52 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 137; and 42 U.S.C. 2473(c).

2. Amend section 2.101, in paragraph (b)(2) by removing the definition “Business Partner Network (BPN)” and revising the definitions “Disaster Response Registry” and “Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA)” to read as follows:

3. Amend section 4.1100 by removing from the introductory text “, a part of the Business Partner Network (BPN)”.

5. Amend section 4.1104 by removing “at www.ccr.gov” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place.

6. Amend section 4.1201 by removing from paragraph (a) “ http://orca.bpn.gov” and adding “ORCA accessed via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place.

7. Amend section 7.103 by removing from paragraph (y) “at www.ccr.gov” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place.

8. Amend section 9.404 by removing from paragraph (d) “at http://epls.gov” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place.

9. Amend section 13.102 by removing from paragraph (a) “at http://www.ccr.gov” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place.

10. Revise section 18.102 to read as follows:

11. Amend section 25.703-3 in paragraph (a) by removing “at https://www.epls.gov” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place.

12. Amend section 26.205 by removing from paragraph (a) “at www.ccr.gov” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place; and by removing from paragraph (b) “on the CCR Web page” and adding “, which can be accessed via https://www.acquisition.gov.” in its place.

13. Amend section 52.204-7 by revising the date of the clause; and removing from paragraph (h) “the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov” and adding “CCR accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place. The revised text reads as follows:

14. Amend section 52.204-8 by revising the date of the provision; and removing from paragraph (d) “at http://orca.bpn.gov” and adding “accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place. The revised text reads as follows:

15. Amend section 52.204-10 by revising the date of the clause; and removing from paragraph (c)(2) “at http://www.ccr.gov” and adding “in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place. The revised text reads as follows:

16. Amend section 52.209-7 by revising the date of the provision; and removing from paragraph (d) “at http://www.ccr.gov ” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov ”. The revised text reads as follows:

17. Amend section 52.209-9 by revising the date of the clause; and removing from paragraph (a) “at http://www.ccr.gov” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place. The revised text reads as follows:

18. Amend section 52.212-1 by revising the date of the provision; and removing from paragraph (k) “the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov ” and adding “the CCR database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov ” in its place. The revised text reads as follows:

19. Amend section 52.212-3 by—

a. Revising the date of the provision;

b. Removing from the introductory paragraph “at http://orca.bpn.gov” and adding “via https://www.acquisition.gov;” in its place; and

c. Removing from paragraph (b)(2) “at http://orca.bpn.gov” and adding “accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov” in its place; and removing from the last paragraph the word “posted” and adding “posted electronically” in its place. The revised text reads as follows:

20. Amend section 52.212-4 by revising the date of the clause; and removing from paragraph (t)(4) “via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov ” and adding “via CCR accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov ” in its place. The revised text reads as follows: