💼Federal Acquisition Regulation - Inflation Adjustments for 2025
This document is issued under the joint authority of OFPP, DoD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rule appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-06, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain further information regarding this rule by referring to FAC 2025-06, which precedes this document.
Learn More🌪️Arizona EIDL Notice
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Arizona dated August 18, 2025. Incident: Dragon Bravo and White Sage Fires.
Learn More🌧️Disaster Assistance Loans for Small Businesses in New Mexico
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New Mexico (FEMA-4886-DR), dated August 16, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides.
Learn More🦆Economic Impact of 2025-26 Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
This rule prescribes the seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for hunting migratory game birds. Taking of migratory game birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits the taking of designated species during the 2025-26 season.
Learn More📑SBA Modifies Small Business Investment Company Information System
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to modify its system of records, titled Small Business Investment Company Information System (SBICIS) (SBA SBICS 40), to update its inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. Publication of this notice complies with the Privacy Act and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-108 and Circular A-130. System of Records Notice (SORN) titled, Small Business Investment Company Information System (SBA SBICS 40), serves as a centralized and automated framework for the organization, retrieval, and analysis of information which supports the SBA's oversight and risk management roles for the SBIC program and SBA's technical assistance to and related support of any Capital Assistance Program (defined below).
Learn More💰Alaska EIDL Declaration Offers Financial Aid to Affected Businesses
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Alaska dated August 20, 2025. Incident: Bear Creek Fire Group and Nenana Ridge Complex Fire.
Learn More🌧️SBA Amendment for Disaster Declaration
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New Mexico (FEMA-4886-DR), dated July 22, 2025. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides.
Learn More💰Inflation Adjustments in Defense Acquisition Regulations
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to further implement the statute that requires an adjustment every 5 years of statutory acquisition-related thresholds for inflation. The adjustment uses the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers and does not apply to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute (Davis-Bacon Act), Service Contract Labor Standards statute, performance and payment bonds, and trade agreements thresholds. DoD also used the same methodology to adjust some nonstatutory DFARS acquisition-related thresholds in 2025.
Learn More📄FCC Notice on Information Collection and Small Business Relief
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees."
Learn More📈Proposed Changes to Small Business Size Standards by SBA
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or the Agency) proposes to increase its monetary based small business size definitions (commonly referred to as "size standards") for 263 industries (259 receipts based and four assets based). SBA proposes to retain receipts based size standards for 237 industries and 12 subindustries ("exceptions") and remove one exception. SBA's proposal relied on its recently revised "Size Standards Methodology" (Revised Methodology). SBA seeks comments on its proposed changes to size standards and data sources it evaluated to develop the proposed size standards. SBA also invites comments on its proposed policy of not lowering any size standards, except for excluding dominant firms from qualifying as small. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4), a summary of this rule may be found at www.regulations.gov.
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