Regulations & Policy

Federal regulations,decoded.

The regulatory core of the platform: the full acquisition corpus of the FAR, DFARS, and 23 more agency supplements, held as 10,106 full-text sections and refreshed weekly. A grounded research agent answers your questions with citations to the regulation text it retrieved, never from memory, and it is free on every account.

Around the codified rule sits everything moving underneath it: Cost Accounting Standards, the FAR Overhaul deviation overlay, open FAR cases, policy memos, executive orders and weekly change alerts.

10,106

Full-text sections

48 CFR, REFRESHED WEEKLY

25

Regulations held

FAR, DFARS AND 23 SUPPLEMENTS

19

Cost Accounting Standards

48 CFR CHAPTER 99

1,674

Class deviation records

41 AGENCIES

The Regulations & Policy tab

The codified rule, and what is changing it

Seven sub-tabs in one place. Three cover the rule itself: grounded FAR and DFARS research with change alerts, the Cost Accounting Standards, and the FAR Overhaul deviation overlay. The rest follow the rule as it moves.

FAR Cases

Every open FAR case on the DARS report as of October 9, 2026, 43 in all with 12 of them FAR Overhaul cases, each joined to its Unified Agenda entry and its Federal Register documents, with the published pages searchable in full.

Policy Memos

Every memorandum in the Department of War DPCAP Policy Vault, active and archived, with the text of each PDF searchable. A scanned memo is listed by its title and synopsis only.

Executive Orders

The current term's executive orders, signed on or after January 20, 2025, searchable in full, with the orders that touch federal procurement tagged, including those the DoW class deviations cite.

Alerts

Opt in to a weekly digest of the regulation sections that changed, with the wording that was added and removed, for the parts you watch.

Research

The whole acquisition corpus, one search

The FAR and every codified agency supplement, searchable in full text and read by a research agent that cites what it retrieved. The 3 military department supplements are not codified in the CFR, so they are linked to acquisition.gov rather than held.

How the agent stays grounded

  • It reads only the stored corpus, through six tools: full-text search, a section by its code, a Cost Accounting Standard, sections by topic, the chapter list and the corpus statistics.
  • It works in at most four steps, then writes its report from what it read.
  • Every citation links to the section it came from, so you can read the rule before you rely on the answer.
  • Where a FAR Overhaul class deviation covers a part it read, the answer names the deviation beside the codified text.
  • Turn on relevant ASBCA cases and the answer adds the Board decisions that applied those sections.

Questions it is built for

DCAA audit prep: unallowable costsDoes CAS apply to my company?New cost-type DoD award: what changes?REA or certified claim?Limitation of funds noticeTermination for convenience settlementSmall business size and recertificationProvisional billing and final indirect rates

The regulations held

48 CFR
RegulationAgencyChapter
FARFederal Acquisition Regulation (baseline)1
DFARSDepartment of War2
HHSARDepartment of Health and Human Services3
AGARDepartment of Agriculture4
GSARGeneral Services Administration5
DOSARDepartment of State6
AIDARU.S. Agency for International Development7
VAARDepartment of Veterans Affairs8
DEARDepartment of Energy9
DTARDepartment of the Treasury10
TARDepartment of Transportation12
CARDepartment of Commerce13
DIARDepartment of the Interior14
EPAAREnvironmental Protection Agency15
FEHBAROffice of Personnel Management (FEHB)16
NFSNational Aeronautics and Space Administration18
CIARCentral Intelligence Agency19
NRCNuclear Regulatory Commission20
LIFAROffice of Personnel Management (FEGLI)21
HUDARDepartment of Housing and Urban Development24
JARDepartment of Justice28
DOLARDepartment of Labor29
HSARDepartment of Homeland Security30
EDARDepartment of Education34
SOFARSU.S. Special Operations Command54
AFARSDepartment of the ArmyNot codified, linked
NMCARSDepartment of the NavyNot codified, linked
DAFFARSDepartment of the Air ForceNot codified, linked
Research agent

Answers that cite the section they came from

The agent searches the corpus, reads the sections it needs and writes its answer from that text, with every citation linked back to the regulation. It works in at most four steps and is told to say so when the corpus does not answer the question.

Proposed rules

Rules still open for comment, read against your company

Federal Register proposed rules under 48 CFR and from the Small Business Administration, each marked with why it reaches you: every contractor, your line of business, your NAICS codes or your program.

GovConDash Regulations and Policy: Rules still open for comment, read against your company
CAS crosswalk

Every standard beside the FAR cost principles it feeds

Each standard's coverage level, the FAR 31.2 sections it supports resolved against the corpus, and what the CAS Board's GAAP conformance project has done to it.

GovConDash Regulations and Policy: Every standard beside the FAR cost principles it feeds
FAR Overhaul

The codified part beside the deviation that displaces it

Pick a FAR part and see which agencies have adopted the model deviation text, which still follow the codified rule, and the Department of War memo that applies, readable in full.

GovConDash Regulations and Policy: The codified part beside the deviation that displaces it
CAS

Cost Accounting Standards

The 19 promulgated standards in six groups, numbered 401 to 420 with 419 never issued. Each row gives the coverage level that binds it, the FAR cost principles it supports, and what the CAS Board's GAAP conformance project has done to it.

Coverage thresholds

A single CAS-covered award at or above the threshold. Raised by the CAS Board's final rule at 91 FR 56056, effective October 1, 2026.

RequirementBefore October 1, 2026From October 1, 2026
Full CAS coverage$50 million$100 million
Disclosure Statement$50 million$100 million

Department of War first

DFARS Class Deviation 2026-O0006, Revision 1 (30 July 2026) applied the higher thresholds to business units with only DoW contracts before the rule reached every agency. A business unit with mixed DoW and other federal work stayed under FAR 30.201(b). The memo is readable in full on the FAR Overhaul sub-tab.

CASStandardCoverageFAR cost principlesGAAP conformance
Consistency
401Consistency in estimating, accumulating and reporting costsFull and modified31.201-1, 31.201-2Not in scope
402Consistency in allocating costs incurred for the same purposeFull and modified31.202, 31.203Not in scope
General accounting
405Accounting for unallowable costsFull and modified31.201-2, 31.201-6Holds retained content
406Cost accounting periodFull and modified31.203Not in scope
407Use of standard costs for direct material and direct laborFull only31.201-1Rescinded
Cost allocation
403Allocation of home office expenses to segmentsFull only31.203, 31.201-4Not in scope
410Allocation of business unit general and administrative expensesFull only31.203, 31.201-4Not in scope
411Accounting for acquisition costs of materialFull only31.205-26Rescinded
418Allocation of direct and indirect costsFull only31.203, 31.201-4Holds retained content
420Accounting for independent research and development and bid and proposal costsFull only31.205-18Not in scope
Property
404Capitalization of tangible assetsFull only31.205-11Rescinded
409Depreciation of tangible capital assetsFull only31.205-11Rescinded
Compensation
408Accounting for costs of compensated personal absenceFull only31.205-6Rescinded
412Composition and measurement of pension costFull only31.205-6(j)Not in scope
413Adjustment and allocation of pension costFull only31.205-6(j)Not in scope
415Accounting for the cost of deferred compensationFull only31.205-6In scope, not proposed
416Accounting for insurance costsFull only31.205-19In scope, not proposed
Cost of money
414Cost of money as an element of the cost of facilities capitalFull only31.205-10Not in scope
417Cost of money as an element of the cost of capital assets under constructionFull only31.205-10Not in scope

Open CAS Board cases

The 7 Cost Accounting Standards rules open on the Unified Agenda, of the 12 listed under the Office of Management and Budget, each with its stage and the next action in its published timetable.

FAR Overhaul

The deviation overlay

The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul rewrites the FAR part by part as model deviation text, and each agency adopts it by its own class deviation. For many contracts the rule in force is the deviation, not the codified title. GovConDash holds 1,674 class deviation records across 41 agencies beside the codified text they displace.
“The model deviation text for a particular FAR part is not applicable to an agency until the agency has issued a class deviation.”
FAR Council, Revolutionary FAR Overhaul FAQs
“Once model deviation text has been issued for all FAR parts, the FAR Council will initiate the formal rulemaking process to incorporate the deviation text into the FAR, which could be modified after consideration of feedback received.”
FAR Council, Revolutionary FAR Overhaul FAQs
  • The model text covers FAR Parts 1 to 51, consolidated in Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, Volume I, Parts 1 to 51, effective April 17, 2026.
  • Every Department of War class deviation memo is held as text and opens in a reader, so the deviation can be read in full beside the part it replaces.
  • The research agent and the workflows read the overlay too, so an answer about a deviated part says which text applies.

How far each agency has adopted the Overhaul

Agencies by the number of FAR parts they had adopted, of the 49 any agency had adopted, measured September 24, 2026.

All 49 parts ever adopted25
Forty or more parts4
Ten to thirty-nine6
Fewer than ten6
FAQ

Regulations questions

What regulations does GovConDash cover?

The acquisition regulations of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations: the FAR, DFARS and 23 more agency supplements, held as 10,106 full-text sections and refreshed weekly from the eCFR, plus the Cost Accounting Standards in chapter 99. The Army, Navy and Air Force supplements are not codified in the CFR, so they are linked to acquisition.gov rather than held.

How does the research agent avoid hallucinations?

It is told to answer only from the regulation text it retrieved in the same run, not from memory, and to cite each section it relied on, with every citation linked to that section so you can check it. When the corpus does not answer the question, it is told to say so rather than fill the gap. It has six tools, all reading the stored corpus, and works in at most four steps. Where a FAR Overhaul class deviation covers a part it read, the answer says so.

Is the research agent free?

Yes. It is the one AI surface open on a free account, with 1 run per week. Regulation search is free as well. Pro and Max raise the run allowance and open the full CAS and FAR Overhaul views.

What is the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul?

The FAR Council's rewrite of the FAR, issued as model deviation text part by part. The model deviation text for a particular FAR part is not applicable to an agency until the agency has issued a class deviation. Once model deviation text has been issued for all FAR parts, the FAR Council will initiate the formal rulemaking process to incorporate the deviation text into the FAR, which could be modified after consideration of feedback received.

When does full CAS coverage apply?

Under the CAS Board's final rule at 91 FR 56056, effective October 1, 2026, a business unit receiving a single CAS-covered award of $100 million or more is subject to full coverage, up from $50 million. For Department of War work, DFARS Class Deviation 2026-O0006, Revision 1 (30 July 2026) had already applied the higher threshold to business units with only DoW contracts.

Which Cost Accounting Standards have been rescinded?

The CAS Board's GAAP conformance project has removed CAS 404, 407, 408, 409 and 411, each by a final rule in the Federal Register, with the provisions it kept moved into another standard. The CAS tab shows each rule and where every retained provision now lives.

Sources

Authoritative sources

The rule and the deviation

The CAS Board's rulemaking

The FAR Overhaul

The corpus

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The research agent reads the FAR, DFARS and 23 more supplements and links every citation to the section it came from. It is free on every account, with 1 run per week. Monthly Pro starts with a 14-day free trial and raises the run allowance, with the full CAS and FAR Overhaul views beside it.

10,106 full-text sections from the eCFR, refreshed weekly