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December 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 12)
Businesses Required to Recertify Size Status on Contracts Longer Than Five Years
Safavian Out on Bond Pending Appeal
FAC 2005-14 Addresses Trade Agreements, Contractor IDs
"JWOD Program" Renamed "AbilityOne Program"
DFARS Changes Proposed on MIRRs, Fixed-Price Exception
January Set for New Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
NASA Implements Earned Value Management
GSA Seeks Comments on Contractor Performance Guide
Nonmanufacturer Rule Waiver Denied for Computers
USAID Proposes Implementing Mentor-Protege Program
November 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 11)
2007 Defense Authorization Addresses Training, Award Fees, Specialty Metals
Safavian Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
DFARS Amended to Address Foreign Acquisitions
GSA Reorganized
FY 2005 Federal Spending Hit $366 Billion
Business.gov is One-Stop for Compliance Resources
10 More Biobased Items Proposed
GSA Opens Surplus Sales Site
Changes to FAR Contract Debt Coverage Proposed
More FAR Changes Proposed for CAS Administration
Nonmanufacturer Rule Waiver Proposed for Computers
Justice Launches Procurement Fraud Task Force
October 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 10)
Micro-Purchase, Cost or Pricing Data, 8(a) Competition Thresholds Adjusted
More Changes to Lobbying Restrictions Proposed
DOD Restricts Use of "Tiered Evaluations"
Direct-Hire Authority for Acquisition Positions Approved
Equal Opportunity Survey Rescinded
Federal Awards Website Approved
Nonmanufacturer Rule for Plastic Pallets Waived
September 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 9)
New Set-Aside Authorized for Major Disaster or Emergency Assistance Acquisitions
Denett Confirmed as OFPP Administrator
USDA Proposes 20 More Biobased Products
NASA Proposes Information Technology Security Changes
Administrative Changes to the DFARS
Proposed FAR Rules Would Address ID Verification, IPv6
August 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 8)
FAC 2005-11 Addresses Emergency Authorities, Earned Value Management
Dun & Bradstreet to Validate CCR Name and Address Info
OMB Provides On-Line Assistance to Small Businesses
Boeing to Pay $615 Million for Hiring Darleen Druyun
DFARS Coverage on Required Sources of Supply Updated
Size Standard for Security Guards Increased
FAR Coverage Proposed for Contractors Outside U.S.
Prompt Payment Interest Rate Set at 5 3/4%
July 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 7)
Former OFPP Chief Safavian Convicted, Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison
Denett Testifies for OFPP Position
FAC 2005-10 Mandates Electronic Wage Determinations
New DFARS Rule on Contractors Accompanying Troops
DOE Postpones Pension Decision for One Year
SBA Proposes Women-Owned Small Business Program
DOSAR Amended to Address Overseas Contracting
EPA Permits Financing of Simplified Acquisitions
SBA Waives Nonmanufacturer Rule for Furniture
June 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 6)
Defense Requires RFID Tags for Additional Commodities and Locations
Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation Finalized
DOE Will Not Reimburse Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Denett Nominated to be OFPP Administrator
SBA Denies Nonmanufacturer Waiver for Ophthalmic Lenses
Executive Compensation Benchmark Raised to $546,689
Increased Size Standard for Airport Operations Proposed
May 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 5)
FAC 2005-09 Revises A-76 Rules, Provides FedTeDS Guidance, Addresses Trafficking in Persons
Coverage on Labor Laws Cleaned Up in DFARS
Eliminate DPAS Set-Aside For Metalworking Machines?
Make-or-Buy Plans for M&O Contractors Eliminated
Taking "Early Bird" Registration Discounts Clarified
Nonmanufacturer Rule Waived for Industrial Gases
April 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 4)
DFARS Rules Finalized on Contract Consolidations, Component Breakout, Task Orders
USDA Designates Six Biobased Products for Procurement
FAR to Address Termination of Purchase Orders
OMB Releases First Set of FY 2005 FAIR Act Inventories
More Nonmanufacturer Waivers Considered, One Denied
EPA Proposes Financing for Simplified Acquisitions
March 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 3)
U.S. Trade Representative Lifts Sanctions Against Members of the European Communities
DOD Suspends SDB Evaluation Adjusment Another Year
Proposed Share-in-Savings Rule Withdrawn
NASA to Hold Meeting on Procurement Policies, Practices
SBA to Waive Two Nonmanufacturer Rules, Denies Two
GSAR Rewrite Underway
NASA Definition of HCA Revised
Policy on Contractors with Disabled Employees Readied
Electric Motor Efficiency Standards Being Prepared
February 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 2)
2006 Defense Authorization Addresses A-76, Consolidates Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals
Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax Evasion
Performance-Based Acquisition Procedures Revised
Rewrite of the VAAR Proposed
FAC 2005-08 Increases Trade Agreements Thresholds
CAS Exemption for T&M, Labor-Hourt Contracts Proposed
DOD Finalizes Many Proposed, Interim DFARS Rules
HUDAR Revised to Conform to the FAR
Nonmanufacturer Waiver Proposed for Water Treatment Chemicals
OMB Establishes Civilian Contracting Certification
January 2006 (Vol. VII, No. 1)
SBA Increase Small Business Size Standards for Services by 8.7%
Inflation Adjustment Proposed for FAR, CAS Thresholds
DFARS Amendments Address Task Order Contracts
FY 2004 Federal Spending Hits $341.4 Billion
SBA Issues Revised STTR Guidance
Prompt Payment Interest Rate Set at 5 1/8%
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