B-204188 L/M, SEP 1, 1981, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL

B-204188 L/M, SEP 1, 1981, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL

DIGEST: GAO HAS NO COMMENT ON PROPOSED REVISIONS TO DAR SECS. 15-205.35 (INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COST PRINCIPLE) AND 15-205.21 (MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING COST PRINCIPLE).

MR. JAMES T. BRANNAN, DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATORY COUNCIL:

BY LETTER DATED JULY 29, 1981 YOU REQUESTED OUR COMMENTS ON PROPOSED REVISIONS TO DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATION SECS. 15-205.35 (THE COST PRINCIPLE APPLICABLE TO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT) AND 15 205.21 (THE COST PRINCIPLE APPLICABLE TO MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING).

WE HAVE NO COMMENTS TO OFFER.