📦Updates on Postal Service Contract Claims and Purchasing Regulations
The Postal Service is revising its purchasing regulations governing contract claims and disputes to modify the required language to be included in contracting officer's final decisions, and to make other clarifying updates.
Learn More📄Analysis of Change Order Accounting and Notification of Changes Regulation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, DoD, GSA, and NASA invite the public to comment on an extension concerning change order accounting and notification of changes. DoD, GSA, and NASA invite comments on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of Federal Government acquisitions, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. OMB has approved this information collection for use through August 31, 2025. DoD, GSA, and NASA propose that OMB extend its approval for use for three additional years beyond the current expiration date.
Learn More📄Final Rule on Form CD-570 and Business Compliance Implications
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is issuing this final rule to remove the internal procedures of Form CD-570, small business review form, the Commerce Acquisition Regulation (CAR). The purpose of the administrative rulemaking is to transition internal policies from the public facing regulation to the internal Commerce Acquisition Manual (CAM).
Learn More🖨️CBP Final Determination
This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of multifunction digital printers. Based upon the facts presented, CBP has concluded in the final determination that the components of the subject multifunction digital printers undergo a substantial transformation in Mexico when made into the final multifunction digital printer units.
Learn More🧴Final Determination on Alcohol Prep Pads' Country of Origin
This document provides notice that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of alcohol prep pads. Based upon the facts presented, CBP has concluded that the subject alcohol prep pads would be the product of Taiwan.
Learn More📜GSA Postpones Acquisition Regulation Amendments to May 2025
The General Services Administration is again postponing the effectiveness of amendments that appeared in the Federal Register on December 27, 2024, in compliance with the Presidential Memorandum titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review, signed on January 20, 2025, by President Donald J. Trump.
Learn More🏢HUBZone Program Updates
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is correcting a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 17, 2024. The rule clarified and improved policies surrounding a comprehensive revision to the HUBZone Program regulations published in 2019, among other changes. This document is making several technical corrections to the final regulations.
Learn More📅GSAR Postponed Effectiveness Impacts Government Procurement Compliance
The General Services Administration is postponing the effectiveness of amendments that appeared in the Federal Register on December 27, 2024, to provide for a 60-day postponement of the effectiveness in compliance with the Presidential Memorandum titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review, signed on January 20, 2025, by President Donald J. Trump.
Learn More📊New DoD Regulation on Material Weakness and Business Compliance
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement sections of the National Defense Authorization Acts for Fiscal Year 2021 that defines the term "material weakness" for Government evaluation of contractor business systems. The term "material weakness" replaces the term "significant deficiency."
Learn More📜Update on DFARS Challenge Period for Technical Data Restrictions
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which addresses the validation of proprietary data restrictions.
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