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Office of Acquisition Policy;
Establishment of Online Portal for GSA
Guidance Documents
Office of Government-wide
Policy; General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Notice of online portal for
agency guidance documents.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Executive
Order (E.O.) 13891, ‘‘Promoting the Rule
of Law Through Improved Agency
Guidance Documents,’’ dated October 9,
2019, and Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Memorandum M–20–02,
dated October 31, 2019, GSA
established an online portal for the
public to access GSA guidance
documents. Although GSA did not
identify agency guidance that falls
under the auspices of E.O. 13891 in
terms of effecting the behavior of
regulated parties, the portal provides
links to GSA program web pages, which
contain internal GSA guidance
documents, in support of the intent of
E.O. 13891.
DATES: The portal and associated link
will be active as of March 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The portal may be found at
gsa.gov/guidance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mathias Bustamante, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of
Government-wide Policy, General
Services Administration, 1800 F Street
NW, Washington, DC 20405, 202–501–
2735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This Federal Register Notice
announces that: (a) GSA launched a
website at gsa.gov/guidance, which
includes internal GSA guidance
documents, in accordance with E.O.
13891 (84 FR 55235, Oct. 9, 2019); (b)
GSA has updated its internal directive
for writing external directives (1812.1A
CHGE1 OGP) to provide instructions to
GSA program components on how to
comply with E.O. 13891, which will be
available via gsa.gov/guidance; and (c)
GSA will include additional internal
guidance documents to the gsa.gov/
guidance website when identified.
Although GSA has not identified any
guidance that falls within the auspices
of E.O. 13891, the above actions are in
compliance with the intent of E.O.
13891.
While GSA does issue guidance
documents such as Federal Travel
Regulation bulletins, these are internal
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guidance issued to Federal agencies,
which are specifically excluded from
the E.O. GSA has not identified any
areas where GSA issues guidance
intended to have future effects on the
behavior of regulated parties, as defined
by E.O. 13891. However, as GSA
acknowledges that there is a possibility
that it may issue such guidance in the
future, it is proactively taking steps to
ensure it remains compliant with all
requirements of E.O. 13891.
GSA’s online guidance portal contains
links to GSA program websites
containing internal guidance, as that
term is defined in E.O. 13891. The
portal also reiterates that: (1) The
contents of the guidance documents
found through the portal do not have
the force and effect of law and are not
legally binding, except as authorized by
law or as incorporated into a contract,
and (2) these documents are intended
only to provide clarity to the public
regarding existing requirements under
statutes and regulations administered by
GSA.
Jessica Salmoiraghi,
Office of Government-wide Policy, General
Services Administration.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MV-2020-01; Docket No. 2020-0002; Sequence No. 14]
Office of Acquisition Policy; Establishment of Online Portal for
GSA Guidance Documents
AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy; General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Notice of online portal for agency guidance documents.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 13891, ``Promoting
the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents,'' dated
October 9, 2019, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum
M-20-02, dated October 31, 2019, GSA established an online portal for
the public to access GSA guidance documents. Although GSA did not
identify agency guidance that falls under the auspices of E.O. 13891 in
terms of effecting the behavior of regulated parties, the portal
provides links to GSA program web pages, which contain internal GSA
guidance documents, in support of the intent of E.O. 13891.
DATES: The portal and associated link will be active as of March 28,
2020.
ADDRESSES: The portal may be found at gsa.gov/guidance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mathias Bustamante, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services
Administration, 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, 202-501-2735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This Federal Register Notice announces that: (a) GSA launched a
website at gsa.gov/guidance, which includes internal GSA guidance
documents, in accordance with E.O. 13891 (84 FR 55235, Oct. 9, 2019);
(b) GSA has updated its internal directive for writing external
directives (1812.1A CHGE1 OGP) to provide instructions to GSA program
components on how to comply with E.O. 13891, which will be available
via gsa.gov/guidance; and (c) GSA will include additional internal
guidance documents to the gsa.gov/guidance website when identified.
Although GSA has not identified any guidance that falls within the
auspices of E.O. 13891, the above actions are in compliance with the
intent of E.O. 13891.
While GSA does issue guidance documents such as Federal Travel
Regulation bulletins, these are internal guidance issued to Federal
agencies, which are specifically excluded from the E.O. GSA has not
identified any areas where GSA issues guidance intended to have future
effects on the behavior of regulated parties, as defined by E.O. 13891.
However, as GSA acknowledges that there is a possibility that it may
issue such guidance in the future, it is proactively taking steps to
ensure it remains compliant with all requirements of E.O. 13891.
GSA's online guidance portal contains links to GSA program websites
containing internal guidance, as that term is defined in E.O. 13891.
The portal also reiterates that: (1) The contents of the guidance
documents found through the portal do not have the force and effect of
law and are not legally binding, except as authorized by law or as
incorporated into a contract, and (2) these documents are intended only
to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under
statutes and regulations administered by GSA.
Jessica Salmoiraghi,
Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration.
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