I. Background

An interim rule was published in the Federal Register under DFARS Case 2009-D039, Award-Fee Reductions for Health and Safety Issues, on November 12, 2010, at 75 FR 69360 to implement section 823 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub. L. 111-84). This interim rule includes the review of public comments received in response to the Federal Register notice for DFARS Case 2009-D039. DFARS Case 2009-D039 was merged into this case, DFARS Case 2011-D033, after the NDAA for FY 2011 (Pub. L. 111-383) was enacted on January 7, 2011, in order to combine related sections of the NDAAs for FY 2010 and FY 2011 affecting identical sections of the DFARS.