The Pentagon has released a final rule that provides contractors with more safe harbors for cost reimbursement if they discover counterfeit parts in their supply chain. In a final rule posted Aug. 30 on the Federal Register, the Pentagon amended the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement a section of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act "that amends the allowability of costs of counterfeit electronic parts or suspect counterfeit electronic parts and the cost of rework or...
