# Federal Acquisition Regulation; Brand-Name Specifications; Correction
**AGENCY:**
Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
**ACTION:**
Correction.
**SUMMARY:**
This document contains a correction to the final rule that was published in the *Federal Register* at 77 FR 194 on January 3, 2012.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* February 2, 2012.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
The Regulatory Secretariat, at 1275 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20417, or (202) 501-4755, for information pertaining to status or publication schedules. Please cite FAC 2005-55, FAR Case 2005-037; Correction.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
DoD, GSA, and NASA have adopted as final, with changes, the interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Office of Management and Budget memoranda on brand-name specifications, FAR Case 2005-037, Brand-Name Specifications, which published in the *Federal Register* at 77 FR 189 on January 3, 2012.
**Correction**
In the final rule document appearing at 77 FR 189 on January 3, 2012, on page 194, first column, amendatory instruction 9.b., for FAR section 16.505, is corrected to read as follows:
“b. Redesignating paragraphs (a)(4) through (a)(11) as paragraphs (a)(5) through (a)(12), respectively; and”
Dated: January 18, 2012.
Laura Auletta,
Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy.