DFARS procedures, guidance and information web site available to serve you.The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DFARS DoD Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement ), Procedures, Guidance and Information (PGI PGI Protected Geographical Indication PGI Progiciel de Gestion Intégré (French: Enterprise Resource Planning) PGI Phosphoglucose Isomerase PGI Polish Geological Institute (Warsaw, Poland) ) Web site at <http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/index.htm> is being developed as a companion resource to the DFARS--a result of the DFARS Transformation effort chartered by the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics is the title of a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Undersecretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff assistant and advisor to both the Secretary of Defense . PGI is a companion resource containing mandatory and non-mandatory internal DoD procedures, non-mandatory guidance, and supplemental information used at the discretion of the contracting officer A US military officer or civilian employee who has a valid appointment as a contracting officer under the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The individual has the authority to enter into and administer contracts and determinations as well as findings about such contracts. . PGI will not, however, contain policy or procedures that significantly affect the public and will not be published in the Federal Register or the Code of Federal Regulations The New Deal program of legislation enacted during the administration of President franklin roosevelt established a large number of new federal agencies, which generated a shapeless and confusing mass of new regulations. . However, the HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. version of the DFARS contains links to the corresponding PGI sections. The authority to issue PGI comes from DoD Directive 5000.35, Defense Acquisition Regulations Management and DFARS 201.301. As designed, DFARS PGI represents a new, Web-based tool for the entire acquisition community to simply and rapidly access non-regulatory Department of Defense (DoD) procedures, guidance, and information relevant to FAR and DFARS topics. The DFARS remains the source for regulation, implementation of laws as well as DoD-wide contracting policies, authorities, and delegations. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , DFARS will answer the questions, "What is the policy?" and "What are the rules?" DFARS PGI will connect the acquisition community to the available background, procedures, and guidance and answer the questions, "How can I execute the policy?" and "Why does this policy exist?" DFARS PGI will not only provide a rapid method of disseminating non-regulatory material to contracting officers and the entire acquisition community, but it will also serve as a real-time training tool by making relevant information available on your topic of interest. DFARS PGI is new and will be evolving in the months ahead. Web site developers are moving to simpler language, an easy-to-follow format, and new tools for searching and retrieving current and past information on FAR and DFARS requirements. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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