TITLE 48 - FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SUBCHAPTER B - COMPETITION AND ACQUISITION PLANNING

PART 411 - DESCRIBING AGENCY NEEDS

411.101 - Order of precedence for requirements documents.

  (a) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A119 establishes a Federal policy requiring the use of voluntary consensus standards in lieu of government-unique standards except where inconsistent with law or otherwise impractical.

  (b) The HCA is authorized to submit the determination required by OMB Circular A119 that a voluntary standard is inconsistent with law or otherwise impracticable. The HCA must submit the determination to OMB through the National Institute of Standards and Technology in accordance with the Circular with a copy provided to the SPE.

[70 FR 45, Jan. 3, 2005]