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  • 2020-29088 — Federal Acquisition Regulation: Individual Sureties
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    Type:Rule
    Citation:86 FR 3682
    Reading Time:about 22 minutes

    The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and NASA issued a final rule altering the Federal Acquisition Regulation. This change aligns with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, requiring individual sureties to pledge specific U.S. Government-backed assets as security for bonds, enhancing the protection against default. Public comments showed strong support for the rule, citing its benefits in fraud prevention and protection of subcontractors and suppliers in federal construction projects. The rule also aims to streamline the procurement process without significantly impacting small businesses' access to bonding.

    Simple Explanation

    In simple words, the new rule says that people who promise to pay money if a contractor doesn't do their job right now have to use special, safer things that the government likes to prove they can keep their promise. This change is meant to stop tricksters and make sure everyone, like builders and their helpers, are protected, though it might make it a little harder for some small businesses to find these promising people.

  • 2025-04001 — Information Collection; Travel Costs
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    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 11977
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have issued a notice requesting public comments on extending a process related to travel costs. They want feedback on the necessity and practical use of information collected for government acquisitions. This proposed extension aims to ease the information collection and ensure it does not burden respondents. To participate, the public can submit comments by May 12, 2025, via the website https://www.regulations.gov.

    Simple Explanation

    The government wants to make sure they're doing a good job with travel cost rules and they want people's ideas on how to do it better. They are asking if people think these rules are useful, fair, and not too hard to follow.

  • 2025-06182 — Information Collection; Change Order Accounting and Notification of Changes
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    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 15464
    Reading Time:about 5 minutes

    The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are looking for public input on extending the approval for collecting information related to change order accounting and notifications of changes. This is part of ensuring that these processes are necessary for efficient federal acquisitions and to minimize the burden on respondents. The agencies are asking if the information collected is useful, if the burden estimates are accurate, and how to improve data quality while reducing collection burdens. Comments are open until June 10, 2025, and submissions can be made through the specified government website.

    Simple Explanation

    The DoD, GSA, and NASA want to know if the way they ask people for information when making changes to projects is good and helpful. They also want to make sure it's easy for people to give them this information and are asking for ideas on how to make it better.

  • 2024-31404 — Federal Acquisition Regulation: Rerepresentation of Size and Socioeconomic Status
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    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 517
    Reading Time:about 27 minutes

    The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have issued a final rule that changes how small businesses must report their size and socioeconomic status when bidding for government contracts. This rule aligns with the changes made by the Small Business Administration and requires businesses to confirm their status for orders under certain contracts. The updated regulation aims to ensure that orders set aside for small businesses actually go to qualified small businesses, even if their business status changes during the lifecycle of the contract. These changes are effective from January 17, 2025, and include specific conditions under which businesses must update their size and status information.

    Simple Explanation

    The government has made a new rule to make sure that small businesses getting special contracts are truly small by asking them to double-check and confirm their size when they say they are small or special. This means they need to tell the truth about being small at certain times to keep things fair, starting January 17, 2025.