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DFARS 225.7021-3 National security waiver of disclosure.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section allows the senior procurement executive (SPE) to waive certain disclosure requirements if the SPE determines in writing that disclosure would not be in the national security interests of the United States. The authority cannot be delegated, and procedures and content requirements for the written determination are in PGI 225.7021-3.

Applies to: The senior procurement executive (SPE)

What it requires

  • The SPE must determine in writing that disclosure would not be in the national security interests of the United States to waive the disclosure requirements at 225.7021-2.
  • The SPE may not delegate this waiver authority.

Key terms: senior procurement executive (SPE) · waive · disclosure requirements · national security interests · PGI 225.7021-3

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

The senior procurement executive (SPE) may waive the disclosure requirements at 225.7021-2 if the SPE determines in writing that such disclosure would not be in the national security interests of the United States. This authority may not be delegated. See PGI 225.7021-3 for procedures and content requirements regarding the SPE's written determination.

Sections it refers to

← 225.7021-2 Restrictions. · 225.7021-4 Solicitation provision and contract clause. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 225

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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