Acquisition Regulation Revision

The Department of Health and Human Services is finalizing its acquisition regulation (HHSAR) to streamline and simplify it in accordance with the tenets of the National Performance Review. In doing so, the Department has eliminated procedural guidance which it believes is too encumbering for a simplified system and has empowered appropriate levels of management and contracting personnel with the authorities required for them to successfully accomplish their mission with the least amount of resistance and oversight.