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Defense Department

Federal agency. Imported from federalregister.gov (slug: defense-department).

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Regulatory capture occurs when a regulatory agency advances the interests of the industry it is meant to oversee. The indicators below track evidence of capture for this agency. According to the academic literature (Stigler 1971, Carpenter & Moss 2013), captured agencies exhibit declining enforcement, revolving door personnel pipelines, and rule-making that favors incumbents over public interest.

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Type	Connected To	Details	Source
issued_rule	Identification (ID) Cards for Members of the Uniformed Services, Their Dependents, and Other Eligible Individuals; Amendment	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States”	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Introduction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023); Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance Guide	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Preventing Conflicts of Interest for Certain Consulting Services (DFARS Case 2024-D007)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of DoD Funding in Technical Publications (DFARS Case 2024-D003)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Litigation; Amendment	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-05; Introduction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Clarification of System for Award Management Preaward Registration Requirements	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-05; Small Entity Compliance Guide	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (DFARS Case 2020-D028)	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Wake Island Code	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	TRICARE Coverage of Clinical Trials and Termination of Expanded Access Treatments	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: 8(a) Program (DFARS Case 2024-D025)	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Processing of Department of the Army Permits	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Processing of Department of the Army Permits	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Recission of Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Removal	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Removal of Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) Regulation	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Environmental Analysis of Army Actions (AR 200-2)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Semiannual Regulatory Agenda	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Proposal To Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
shaped_policy	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Programs	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
shaped_policy	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04; Small Entity Compliance Guide	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04; Introduction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: List of Domestically Nonavailable Articles	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	WOTUS Notice: The Final Response to SCOTUS; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Recommendations	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Overseas: Revision to Definition of Drafts	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Update of Challenge Period for Validation of Asserted Restrictions on Technical Data and Computer Software (DFARS Case 2022-D016)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Definition of Material Weakness (DFARS Case 2021-D006)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds (DFARS Case 2024-D002)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Under Certain Multiple-Award Contracts	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Controlled Unclassified Information	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Small Business Participation on Certain Multiple-Award Contracts	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Corps of Engineers Agency Specific Procedures To Implement the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition	Issued the rule.	Source
shaped_policy	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
shaped_policy	Office of Federal Procurement Policy; Federal Acquisition Regulation: Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act Reform (DFARS Case 2023-D014)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Strengthening America's Cybersecurity Workforce	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03; Introduction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Subcontracting to Puerto Rican and Covered Territory Small Businesses	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03; Small Entity Compliance Guide	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Improving Government Regulations; Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Sustainable Procurement (DFARS Case 2024-D024)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems From Covered Foreign Entities	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-05; Small Entity Compliance Guide	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Corps of Engineers Agency Specific Procedures To Implement the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Task Order and Delivery Order Contracting for Architectural and Engineering Services (DFARS Case 2023-D007)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Certification of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-02; Small Entity Compliance Guide	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Business Innovation Research Program Data Rights (DFARS Case 2019-D043)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-02; Introduction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	DoD Discharge Appeal Review Board	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Reverse Auction Guidance	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Architect and Engineering Service Fees (DFARS Case 2024-D019); Delay of Effective Date	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Limitation of Authority Regarding Extraordinary Contractual Actions	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Task Order and Delivery Order Contracting for Architectural and Engineering Services (DFARS Case 2023-D007)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-06; Introduction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Protests of Orders Set Aside for Small Business	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Combating Trafficking in Persons-Definition and Agency Responsibilities	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Updates to the Definition of Departments and Agencies (DFARS Case 2024-D026)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation: Past Performance of Affiliate Companies of Small Business Concerns (DFARS Case 2024-D016)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-01; Introduction	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Inapplicability of Additional Defense-Unique Laws and Certain Non-Statutory DFARS Clauses to Commercial Item Contracts (DFARS Case 2018-D074)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of Information Regarding Foreign Obligations (DFARS Case 2018-D064)	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Clarification of System for Award Management Preaward Registration Requirements	Issued the rule.	Source
issued_rule	Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments	Amended an existing rule.	Source
issued_rule	Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems From Covered Foreign Entities	Issued the rule.	Source