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Acquisition Policy

Acquisition Policy in AIA News

AIA eUpdate: Acquisition Reform: The Never-Ending Story
Press Release: Core Elements of Acquisition System Essential to Cost Control
Press Release: Sylvester to Lead AIA Procurement & Finance Department
Statement: Statement by AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey on the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act
Press Release: AIA Report Urges Positive Defense Acquisition Reform

White Papers

Testimony

April 22, 2010 - Kirsten Koepsel, Director, Legal Affairs and Tax, Aerospace Industries Association, testimony as prepared entitled "Safeguarding Unclassified Information" (PDF format)
Sep. 17, 2009 - Richard Sylvester, Vice President of Acquisition Policy, Aerospace Industries Association, written statement to the Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform (PDF format)

Letters

May 16, 2011 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2010-D022, "ID of Critical Safety Items"
May 16, 2011- AIA comments on FAR Case 2007-012, "Requirements for Acquisitions Pursuant to Multiple-Award Contracts"
May 2, 2011 - CODSIA comments on DFARS Case 2009-D031, "Government Support Contractor Access to Technical Data"
May 2, 2011 - CODSIA comments on DFARS Case 2011-D010, "Increase the Use of Fixed-Price Incentive (Firm Target) Contracts"
May 2, 2011 - CODSIA comments on DFARS Case 2010-D011, "Independent Research and Development Technical Descriptions"
April 28, 2011 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2010-D026, "Display of DoD Inspector General Fraud Hotline Posters"
March 29, 2011 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2009-D043, "Reporting of Government-Furnished Property"
January 10, 2011 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2009-D038 "Business Systems - Definitions and Administration"
December 23, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2010-D001 "Regarding Patents, Data, and Copyrights"
November 30, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2009-D037 "Electronic Ordering Procedures"
November 29, 2010 - AIA comments on FAR Case 2009-028 "Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving"
November 29, 2010 - AIA comments on FAR Case 2009-007 "Equal Opportunity for Veterans"
November 22, 2010 - AIA comments on Proposed Changes to Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), Commonly Known as the "Yellow Book" - Issued by the Comptroller General of the United States
November 16, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2009-D023 "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Material Inspection and Receiving Report"
October 29, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2009-D018 "Warranty Tracking of Serialized Items"
October 29, 2010 - AIA comments on FAR Case 2009-023 "Unique Procurement Instrument Identifiers (PIID)"
October 14, 2010 - AIA comments on OMB Interim Final Guidance, "Requirements for Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Implementation" (75 FR 55663)
September 7, 2010 - CODSIA comments on FAR Case 2008-039, Interim Rule "Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards"
August 31, 2010 - CODSIA comments on FAR Case 2010-008 "Recovery Act Subcontract Reporting Procedures"
August 16, 2010 - AIA comments on FAR Case 2008-007 "Additional Requirements for Market Research"
August 9, 2010 - CODSIA comments on HSAR Case 2009-005 "Revision of Department of Homeland Secureity Acquisition Regulation; Limitation on Subcontracting in Emergency Acquisitions"
July 23, 2010 - AIA comments on the proposed Department of the Navy Preferred Supplier Program
July 21, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2009-D015 "Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Major Defense Acquisition Programs"
July 19, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2010-D004 "Restrictions on the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements"
July 9, 2010 - AIA and NDIA comments on CAS-2007-02A "CAS Pension harmonization NPRM"
July 6, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2007-D003 "Presumption of Development at Private Expense"
July 6, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2008-D042 "Preservation of Tooling for Major Defense Acquisition Programs"
July 6 ,2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2008-D050 "Marking of Government-Furnished Property"
July 1, 2010 - AIA comments on the draft Product Verification and Material Process Review Checklist
June 29, 2010 - AIA comments on DFARS Case 2008-D049 "Reporting of Government Property Lost, Stolen, Damaged, or Destroyed"
June 29, 2010 - CODSIA comments on DFARS Case 2006-D021 "Award-fee contracts"
June 15, 2010 - AIA comments on FAR Case 2009-006 "Labor Relations Cost"
June 4, 2010 - CODSIA comments on proposed OMB policy letter "Work Reserved for Performance by Federal Government Employees"
May 18, 2010 - CODSIA comments on DFARS Case 2008-D028 "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Safeguarding Unclassified Information"
Mar. 16, 2010 - AIA and NAM comments on DFARS Case 2009-D038 "Business Systems - Definition and Administration"
Jan. 12, 2010 - CODSIA response to FAR Case 2008-025, "Personal Conflict of Interest Rule"
Dec. 16, 2009 - CODSIA response to FAR Case 2008-034, "Use of Commercial Services Item Authority"
Dec. 14, 2009 - AIA response to FAR Case 2008-008, "Award Fee Language Revision"
Dec. 14, 2009 - CODSIA response to FAR Case 2008-031, "Limitations on Pass-Through Charges"
Nov. 5, 2009 - CODSIA response to FAR Case 2008-027, "Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System"
Nov. 2, 2009 - CODSIA response to FAR case 2008-016, "Termination and Defective Pricing Data Reports to PPIRS"
Oct. 5, 2009 - CODSIA response to FAR Case 2008-011, "Government Property"
Oct. 2, 2009 - AIA comments on DFARS class deviation 2009-O0010, "Continuation of Essential Contractor Services"
Sep. 28, 2009 - AIA comments on DFARS case 2008-D034, "Management of Unpriced Change Orders"

Berry Amendment

Berry Amendment Fact Sheet (PDF)
Berry Amendment Statute Language (PDF)
DFARS Guidance (PDF)
DOD's Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Berry Amendment

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