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Final rule

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Introduction

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register March 13, 2026. Document 2026-04911. Updated Nov. 13, 2026.

What it does

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA (collectively referred to as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2026-01. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), is published elsewhere in the Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.

The Federal Procurement Policy Office's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

Compared with

The Federal Procurement Policy Office has published 6 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 11 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

For effective dates see the separate documents published in the rules section of this issue of the Federal Register.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-04911
ActionSummary presentation of a final rule.
AgenciesManagement and Budget Office; Federal Procurement Policy Office; Defense Department; General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PublishedMarch 13, 2026
DocketFAR-2026-0051

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register