{"id":27404,"date":"2022-02-17T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27404"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:31:00","slug":"09-ai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/09-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Agency Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Agency Information<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Because of the different structures and various\u00a0missions of the various federal agencies, a one-size-fits-all approach is not\u00a0feasible.\u00a0 This is\u00a0why the FAR\u00a0permits\u00a0federal agencies to issue supplemental acquisition regulations as a way to explain or implement the basic FAR requirements in a way that fits their particular Agency.\u00a0 Agencies vary widely regarding the details they provide regarding their agency-level protest procedures.\u00a0 For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Department of Defense has the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, also referred to as DFARS.\u00a0 Individual agencies within the Department of Defense may have additional policies and directives, such as —\n<ul>\n<li>The Air Force has the Air Force Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFFARS)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Army has the Army Federal Acquistion Supplement (AFARS)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Navy and Marines have the Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Supplement (NMCARS)\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Department of Transportation has the Transportation Acquisition Regulation (TAR)\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Department of the Treasury has the Department of the Treasury Acquisition Regulation (DTAR)<\/li>\n<li>The Internal Revenue Service has the\u00a0Internal Revenue Service Acquisition Procedure (IRSAP). \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Justice Acquisition Regulation (JAR)\u00a0covers the following offices and agencies:\u00a0Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Prison Industries, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Marshals\u00a0Service, and the Office of the Inspector General.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0benefit of the FAR permitting federal\u00a0agencies\u00a0to implement agency guidance is that it permits a particular agency to conduct business\u00a0in a way that best fits is mission needs. \u00a0However, the\u00a0drawback is that not all federal\u00a0agencies will conduct business in the same manner, which can potentially lead to confusion when federal agencies conduct transactions with each other.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27194,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27404\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}