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Final ruleTook effect Oct. 1, 2026

Increase of Monetary Thresholds and Other Matters Related to Cost Accounting Standards Program Requirements

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Sept. 1, 2026. Document 2026-17901. Updated Nov. 6, 2026.

What it does

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Cost Accounting Standards Board (Board), is publishing a final rule to increase the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) thresholds and agency waiver authority, and issue clarifications on application of the CAS thresholds and exemptions to indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs).

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

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

48 CFR 9903

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

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.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0348-AB85 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective October 1, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-17901
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesManagement and Budget Office; Federal Procurement Policy Office
PublishedSept. 1, 2026
Effective dateOct. 1, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)0348-AB85

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