Last week, DoD issued a final rule amending its FAR Supplement (DFARS or DoD FAR Supplement) to eliminate the acronym “CONUS” and replace it with a spelled-out version.
CONUS stands for “Contiguous United States” and means the 48 contiguous states plus the District of Columbia. Seems that a lot of people mistook the definition to mean “Continental United States” which would also include Alaska.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Whoa! DoD Wants to Eliminates an Acronym
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