Department of Defense June 3, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has developed a preliminary plan for the retrospective analysis of provisions in the FAR, in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.'' The E.O. sets forth principles and requirements designed to strengthen regulations and regulatory review by promoting public participation, improving integration and innovation, increasing flexibility, and increasing retrospective analysis of existing rules. The E.O. requires every agency to develop ``a preliminary plan, consistent with law and its resources and regulatory priorities, under which the agency will periodically review its existing significant regulations to determine whether such regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded or repealed to make the agency's regulatory program more effective and or less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives.'' To comply with E.O. 13563, the FAR Council invites interested members of the public to submit comments on its preliminary plan available at https:// www.whitehouse.gov/21stcenturygov/actions/21st-century-regula tory- system.