📝Comment Period Extended for Veteran Employment Regulations
On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the implementing regulations for the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended. The comment period for the NPRM was scheduled to close on September 2, 2025. With this notice document, DOL is extending the comment period to September 17, 2025. Commenters who have already submitted public comments do not need to resubmit their comments. DOL will consider all comments received from the date of publication of the NPRM through the close of the extended comment period. Any previous denial of a request to extend the comment period remains denied to the extent the request asked for more than a 15-day extension. Commentors are encouraged to submit all comments by September 17, 2025, as no further extension will be granted.
Learn More🎨GSA Revises Information Collection for Art-in-Architecture Program
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision of an information collection requirement regarding the Art-in- Architecture (AIA) Program Center for Fine Arts, GSA Form 7437.
Learn More📝GSA Form 850 Compliance and Contractor Requirements Overview
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension to the information collection requirement regarding the Contractor Information Worksheet; GSA Form 850.
Learn More📑Change Order Accounting Regulation; Implications for Contractors
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to OMB a request to review and approve an extension and revision of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding change order accounting and notification of changes.
Learn More📜Proposed Rescission of E.O. 11246 Regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposes to rescind the regulations for Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, as amended. E.O. 11246 was revoked by E.O. 14173 on January 21, 2025. The E.O. 11246 regulations prohibited covered Federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin and required them to take affirmative action on those bases. They also prohibited these employers from taking adverse employment actions against applicants or employees because they inquired about, discussed, or disclosed information about their pay or their co-workers' pay, subject to certain limitations.
Learn More🇺🇸Meeting Announcement for Veterans Small Business Development Task Force
The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the date, time, and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development (IATF).
Learn More🛠️Proposed Additions to Procurement List
The Committee is proposing to add service(s) to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Learn More📦GSA Seeks Comments on Packing List Clause Regulation
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, GSA invites the public to comment on a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding the packing list clause.
Learn More⚖️Notice on Rescission of Race or Sex Use in Contracting Programs
This notice announces that the prior guidance in Notice of Report on Lawful Uses of Race or Sex in Federal Contracting Programs, published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2022, is no longer considered an accurate reflection of the current laws, executive orders, and federal court jurisprudence concerning the constitutionality of using race or sex in federal government programs and should not be cited in the defense of them.
Learn More🏛️Inventory Completion Notice by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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