DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base
Material regulatory developments from Office of the Secretary of Defense are tracked daily by Cresthaven Analytics. Over the last 90 days, 13 material briefs relevant to professionals operating in the defense & government contracting sector have been published below. Each brief is sourced directly from the primary regulatory feed, summarized for institutional readers, and scored for materiality.
Recent material activity
A selection of recent published briefs; this is not a complete archive.
FAR Council opens public comment on Paperwork Reduction Act burdens in proposed FAR overhaul covering Parts 14, 28, 36, and 52
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a Paperwork Reduction Act notice on September 23, 2026, soliciting public comment on information-collection burdens created by FAR Case 2026-010. The noti…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council opens public comment on Paperwork Reduction Act burden changes tied to proposed FAR Parts 16, 17, and 35 overhaul
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a Paperwork Reduction Act notice on September 23, 2026, soliciting public comments on information collection changes proposed under FAR Case 2026-006. The…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council opens public comment on Paperwork Reduction Act burdens in proposed FAR Parts 9, 27, and 47 overhaul
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a Paperwork Reduction Act notice on September 23, 2026 for FAR Case 2026-011. The notice solicits public comment on information-collection burdens arising…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →Deputy Secretary of Defense directs removal of accounting and compliance barriers separating defense and commercial industrial bases
Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg signed a memorandum on September 15, 2026 directing the Department of Defense to eliminate accounting, audit, and compliance requirements that have structurally separated defense contracto…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 14, 28, 36, and 52
DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base published a regulatory release titled 'Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 14, 28, 36, and 52'. Cresthaven Analytics' full inte…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 9, 27, and 47
DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base published a regulatory release titled 'Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 9, 27, and 47'. Cresthaven Analytics' full intellige…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council proposes streamlining revisions to contract types, special contracting methods, and R&D contracting under Executive Order 14275
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a proposed rule on September 18, 2026 to amend FAR Parts 16, 17, 35, and 52 under Executive Order 14275. This proposal is one of twelve coordinated rules …
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →FAR Council proposes sweeping revisions to eight FAR parts under Executive Order 14275 deregulatory mandate
The FAR Council — comprising OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA — published a proposed rule on September 18, 2026 revising FAR Parts 8, 12, 13, 15, 38, 44, 51, and 52. This proposal is one of twelve coordinated rules restructuring…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DoD issues FONSI for integrated non-ferrous smelting and refining facility in Montgomery County, Tennessee
The Department of Defense published a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact on September 11, 2026, under the federal infrastructure permitting coordination statute. The finding clears the en…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DARS submits OCI information-collection proposal to OMB under Paperwork Reduction Act review
The Defense Acquisition Regulations System submitted a Paperwork Reduction Act information-collection proposal to OMB on August 27, 2026, covering organizational conflicts of interest in major defense acquisition program…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →GSA submits OMB renewal request for contractor telecommunications and video surveillance prohibition information collection
The General Services Administration's Regulatory Secretariat Division submitted a request to OMB on August 14, 2026 to extend a previously approved information collection under the federal contractor telecommunications a…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base release pending Cresthaven Analytics full analysis: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (DFARS Case 2022-D011)
DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base published a regulatory release titled 'Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Modifications to Printed Circuit Board Acquisition Restrictions (DFARS Case 2022-D011)'. Cres…
Read the full DoD Policy & Defense Industrial Base brief →DoD issues RFI on DFARS printed circuit board acquisition restrictions covering covered-nation sourcing prohibitions
The Department of Defense published a Request for Information on July 2, 2026 under DFARS Case 2022-D011, seeking industry input to inform a rulemaking that would implement statutory prohibitions on acquiring covered pri…
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