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Defense Department
The Department of Defense is responsible for providing the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country. The major elements of these forces are the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, consisting of about 1.3 million men and women on active duty. They are backed, in case of emergency, by the 825,000 members of the Reserve and National Guard. In addition, there are about 600,000 civilian employees in the Defense Department. Under the President, who is also Commander in Chief, the Secretary of Defense exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department, which includes the separately organized military departments of Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff providing military advice, the combatant commands, and defense agencies and field activities established for specific purposes. The National Security Act Amendments of 1949 redesignated the National Military Establishment as the Department of Defense and established it as an executive department (10 U.S.C. 111), headed by the Secretary of Defense.
- Agency URL:
- http://www.defense.gov/
- Sub-agencies:
- Air Force Department
- Army Department
- Defense Acquisition Regulations System
- Defense Contract Audit Agency
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Defense Investigative Service
- Defense Logistics Agency
- Defense Mapping Agency
- Defense Special Weapons Agency
- Engineers Corps
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- National Security Agency/Central Security Service
- Navy Department
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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Natural Disaster Procedures: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Activities of the Corps of Engineers
The Corps is proposing to revise its natural disaster procedures under this part of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), which implements a section of the Flood Control Act of 1941, as amended. Revisions will incorporate advances in risk-informed decision- making approaches and disaster response lessons learned, as well as recent amendments to...
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Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a requirement to ensure certain Federal contractors disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk and set science-based targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Federal Acquisition Regulation: Amendments to the FAR Buy American Act Requirements; Correction
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a correction to FAC 2022-05; FAR Case 2021-008; Amendments to the FAR Buy American Act Requirements; which published in the Federal Register at 87 FR 12780, on March 7, 2022. This correction makes an editorial change to correct amendatory instruction 21.b. to section 52.212-3.
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Private Security Contractors (PSCs) Operating in Contingency Operations, Humanitarian or Peace Operations, or Other Military Operations or Exercises
The DoD is finalizing updates to this rule resulting from changes from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Years (FY) 2017 and 2020 as well as DoD policy updates. These changes include administrative updates and clarifications to private security contractors (PSCs) performing duties while under contract to DoD in support of...
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Medical Malpractice Claims by Members of the Uniformed Services
DoD is publishing this rule to finalize the implementation of requirements of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 permitting members of the uniformed services or their authorized representatives to file claims for personal injury or death caused by a Department of Defense health care provider in certain military...
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Information Collection; Examination of Records by Comptroller General and Contract Audit
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, DoD, GSA, and NASA invite the public to comment on an extension concerning examination of records by Comptroller General and contract audit. DoD, GSA, and NASA invite comments on: whether the proposed collection of information is...
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Information Collection; Reporting Purchases From Sources Outside the United States
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, DoD, GSA, and NASA invite the public to comment on an extension concerning reporting purchases from sources outside the United States. DoD, GSA, and NASA invite comments on: whether the proposed collection of information is...
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Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Business Innovation Research Data Rights (DFARS Case 2019-D043)
DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the data-rights portions of the Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program Policy Directives. DoD will hold a public meeting to hear the views of interested parties.
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Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Dry Dock and Waterfront Production Facility Environmental Impact Statement
The United States (U.S.) Department of the Navy (Navy), after carefully weighing the strategic, operational, and environmental consequences of the proposed action, announces its decision to select Alternative 4 (Preferred Alternative) from the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance...
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Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (DFARS Case 2020-D032)
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act.
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Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Reorganization of Defense Acquisition Statutes (DFARS Case 2022-D018)
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 and sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 related to the transfer and reorganization of the defense acquisition statutes.
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Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Payment Instructions (DFARS Case 2017-D036)
DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide payment instructions for certain contracts based on the type of item acquired and the type of payment.
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Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Update of Challenge Period for Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data and Computer Software (DFARS Case 2022-D016)
DoD is seeking information that will assist in the development of a revision to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which addresses the validation of proprietary data restrictions. In addition to the request for written comments on...
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Information Collection Requirement; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Performance-Based Payments-Representation
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD announces the proposed extension of a public information collection requirement and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. DoD invites comments on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of DoD, including whether...
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Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Prohibition on Certain Procurements From the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (DFARS Case 2022-D008)
DoD is issuing an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2022 that prohibits the use of funds to knowingly procure any products mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur...