The following is a list of Policy Flashes issued by the Office of Procurement and Assistance Policy. These files are in PDF (Portable Document Files) format. To read PDF files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available at no charge from Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/). If you have any questions concerning this list, please contact the Office of Procurement and Assistance Policy on (202) 287-1330. If a Policy Flash and/or attachment is in a different format than Adobe Acrobat, the format type will be noted after the number of the Flash.
View the archive of Policy Flashes for FY 2012. Earlier Policy Flashes can be found in the right bar of this screen.
| Number | Topic |
| 2013-54 | Acquisition Certificiations Program Handbook 4th Edition Released |
| 2013-53 | Implementation of Division F, Title, I, II, III AL 2013-06 and FAL 2013-04 |
| 2013-52 | Contractor Legal Management Requirements: Final Rule |
| 2013-51 | 311 Notice Aquisition Letter 2013-05 and Financial Assistance Letter 2013-03 |
| 2013-50 | Leveraging the General Services Administration's SmartPay2 Program and Its single Use Account Feature |
| 2013-49 | Updating Reporting Requirement Checklist including the research performance progress report |
| 2013-48 | OMB memorandum M-13-10, Antideficiency Act Implications of Certain Online Terms of Service Agreements |
| 2013-47 | Management and Security of Personally Identifiable Information |
| 2013-46 | Awardee in STRIPES |
| 2013-45 | Acquisiton Guide 15.1 |
| 2013-44 | Acquisition Guide 31.4 |
| 2013-43 | DOE F 4220.2 Small Business Review Form |
| 2013-42 | Acquisition Guide Chapter 19.1 |
| 2013-41 | Contracts Periods of Performance Exceeding 5 years |
| 2013-40 | Acquisition Guide, Chapter 43.3 |
| 2013-39 | Acquisition Guide, Chapter 42.15, Contractor Performance Information |
| 2013-38 | Revised Merit Guide for Financial Assistance |
| 2013-37 | Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-66 |
| 2013-36 | Congressional Notification- Acqusition Guide Chapter 5.1 and Guide to Financial Assistance Chapter 2, Section 2.6.1 |
| 2013-35 | Acquisition Guide Chapter 43.1, Contract Modifications |
| 2013-34 | Deparment of Energy Aquisition Letter on Executive Compensation |
| 2013-33 | Department of Energy Order 206.2 Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) |
| 2013-32 | Fiscal Year 2013 Small Business Contracting Goals |
| 2013-31 | Class Deviation from FAR 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items |
| 2013-30 | Acquisition Letter on Acquisition Planning Considerations for Management and Operating Contracts |
| 2013-29 |
Leveraging the General Services Administration’s SmartPay2 Program and its Single Use Account Feature |
| 2013-28 | Implementation of Indian Energy Preference Provision in EP Act 2005 and Acquisition Letter 2013-02 |
| 2013-27 | Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-65 |
| 2013-26 | Guidance for tracking inquiries related to the licensing of inventions developed at DOE facilities |
| 2013-25 | Acquisition Certifications Program Handbook 3rd Edition released |
| 2013-24 | Fee Determinations: Requirement to Obtain Acquisition |
| 2013-23 | Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) Final Rule for changes to Parts 908, 945, 952, and 970 regarding Government Property |
| 2013-22 | Section 311 Revised Template January 24 2013 |
| 2013-21 | Change to Procurement Evaluation & Re-Engineering Team (PERT) Review Cycle |
| 2013-20 | Section 311 Revised Template January 4 2013 |
| 2013-19 | Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-64 |
| 2013-18 | Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-63 |
| 2013-17 | Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-62 |
| 2013-16 | Aligning Contract Incentives for Capital Asset Projects |
| 2013-15 | DOE O 231.1B, Environment, Safety and Health Reporting |
| 2013-14 | Class Deviation – Extending the Biobased Product Reporting Requirement |
| 2013-13 | Further Extension of SBA-DOE 8(a) Partnership Agreement |
| 2013-12 | Section 301(b) Congressional Notification of Multi-year Contract Award Report Revision for Fiscal Year 2013 |
| 2013-11 | STRIPES New Milestone Plan Process |
| 2013-10 | Hurricane Sandy Contingency Operation --Increase in Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds for Specific States and Counties |
| 2013-09 | Acquisition Guide Chapter 7.1 – Acquisition Planning |
| 2013-08 | Major Disaster and Emergency Declarations for Specific States from Hurricane Sandy |
| 2013-07 | Contractor Domestic Extended Personnel Assignments |
| 2013-06 | Executive Order-Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts |
| 2013-05 | Class Deviation from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to Implement Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Policy Memorandum M-12-16, Providing Prompt Payment to Small Business Subcontractors |
| 2013-04 | Extension of SBA-DOE 8(a) Partnership Agreement |
| 2013-03 | Responding to Solicitations Under DOE Work For Others Program |
| 2013-02 | Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 -- Congressional Notification of Pending Contract or Financial Assistance Actions in excess of $1 Million under the Continuing Resolution |
| 2013-01 | Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 -- Implementation of Division B, Title III, Title V and Division C Title VII, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Pub. L. No.112-74 and Related Conference Report |