Title 48 published on 2015-12-04
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 48 CFR Part 22 after this date.
2016-12-16; vol. 81 # 242 - Friday, December 16, 2016 81 FR 91627 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Interim rule. Effective: January 1, 2017. Applicability: • This rule applies to solicitations issued on or after January 1, 2017, and resultant contracts. • Applicability of the clause at 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706, to existing contracts is as follows— (1) Contracting officers shall include the clause in bilateral modifications extending the contract when such modifications are individually or cumulatively longer than six months. (2) In accordance with FAR 1.108(d)(3), contracting officers are strongly encouraged to include the clause in existing indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contracts, if the remaining ordering period extends at least six months and the amount of remaining work or number of orders expected is substantial. Comment date: Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before February 14, 2017 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 1, 11, 22, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Executive Order, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, and a final rule issued by the Department of Labor.
81 FR 91636 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces; Injunction
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule; injunction. Effective: December 16, 2016. Applicability Date: October 24, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 9, 17, 22, 42, and 52 Summary A final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 25, 2016 amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement the Executive Order (E.O.) on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. The E.O. was designed to promote contracting efficiency by improving compliance with basic labor standards during the performance of federal contracts. Implementation of portions of the E.O. was preliminarily enjoined by an order issued by a Federal District court on October 24, 2016. DoD, GSA, and NASA are amending sections of the FAR that are affected by the Court's preliminary injunction order.
2016-11-18; vol. 81 # 223 - Friday, November 18, 2016 81 FR 83097 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Removal of Regulations Relating to Telegraphic Communication
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: December 19, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 5, 14, 19, 22, 25, 28, 43, 47, 49, 52, and 53 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to delete the use of “telegram,” “telegraph,” and related terms. The objective is to delete references to obsolete technologies no longer in use and replace with references to electronic communications. In addition, conforming changes are made regarding expedited notices of termination and change orders.
2016-09-30; vol. 81 # 190 - Friday, September 30, 2016 81 FR 67731 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Updating Federal Contractor Reporting of Veterans' Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: September 30, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 22, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are adopting as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a final rule issued by the Department of Labor's (DOL) Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) that replaced the VETS-100 and VETS-100A Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report forms with the VETS-4212, Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report form.
81 FR 67732 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Interim rule. Effective: September 30, 2016. Applicability Date: This rule applies to solicitations and contracts issued on or after the effective date of the FAR rule. Contracting officers are expected to work with their existing contractors and bilaterally modify their contracts, to the extent feasible, to include the amended clause at FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity. See FAR 1.108(d). Comment Date: Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before November 29, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 1, 22, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.), entitled “Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information,” and a final rule issued by the Department of Labor.
81 FR 67774 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; New Designated Countries—Ukraine and Moldova
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: October 31, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 22, 25, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add Ukraine and Moldova as new designated countries under the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA).
81 FR 67781 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: September 30, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 22, 23, 26, and 52 Summary This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to make editorial changes.
2016-08-25; vol. 81 # 165 - Thursday, August 25, 2016 81 FR 58562 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective October 25, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 9, 17, 22, 42, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, which is designed to increase efficiency and cost savings in Federal contracting by improving contractor compliance with labor laws. The Department of Labor is simultaneously issuing final Guidance to assist Federal agencies in implementation of the Executive Order in conjunction with the FAR final rule.
81 FR 58654 - Guidance for Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces”
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of the Secretary Final guidance. This final Guidance is being published simultaneously with the FAR Council's final rule. The final FAR rule is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register and is effective on October 25, 2016. Contractors and Federal agencies may use this Guidance beginning August 25, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 22 and 52 Summary The Department of Labor (the Department) is publishing final guidance (the Guidance) to assist the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (the FAR Council) and Federal contracting agencies in the implementation of Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. Executive Order 13673 (the Order) contains new requirements designed to increase efficiency and cost savings in the Federal contracting process. By law, Federal agencies already must contract only with “responsible” sources. Among other directives, the Order provides explicit new instructions for Federal contracting officers to consider a contractor's compliance with certain Federal and State labor laws as a part of the determination of contractor “responsibility” that contracting officers presently must undertake before awarding a Federal contract. In addition, the Order directs the FAR Council to propose the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the Order and the Department to develop guidance to help implement the new requirements. In this final Guidance, the Department provides detailed definitions for various terms used in the Order and the FAR rule to categorize and classify labor law violations, and the Department provides a summary of the processes through which contracting agencies will assess a contractor's overall record of labor law compliance and carry out their other duties under the Order.
2016-06-06; vol. 81 # 108 - Monday, June 6, 2016 81 FR 36245 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Removal of Regulations Relating to Telegraphic Communication
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before August 5, 2016 to be considered in the formulation of a final rule. 48 CFR Parts 5, 14, 19, 22, 25, 28, 43, 47, 49, 52, and 53 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to delete the use of “telegram”, “telegraph”, and related terms. The objective is to delete reference to obsolete technologies no longer in use and replace with references to electronic communications. In addition, conforming changes are proposed covering expedited notice of termination and change orders.
2016-05-20; vol. 81 # 98 - Friday, May 20, 2016 81 FR 31895 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: System for Award Management Registration
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at one of the addresses shown below on or before July 19, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 32, 44, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to update the instructions for System for Award Management (SAM) registration requirements and to correct an inconsistency with offeror representation and certification requirements.
2016-05-11; vol. 81 # 91 - Wednesday, May 11, 2016 81 FR 29244 - Federal Acquisition Regulation: Combating Trafficking in Persons—Definition of “Recruitment Fees”
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Proposed rule. Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat at one of the addresses shown below on or before July 11, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule. 48 CFR Parts 22 and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide a definition of “recruitment fees.” The FAR policy on combating trafficking in persons prohibits contractors from charging employees recruitment fees, in accordance with the Executive Order entitled “Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts.”
2016-03-07; vol. 81 # 44 - Monday, March 7, 2016 81 FR 11988 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information on Corporate Contractor Performance and Integrity
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: April 6, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 1, 4, 9, 22, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement section 852 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 to include in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), to the extent practicable, identification of any immediate owner or subsidiary, and all predecessors of an offeror that held a Federal contract or grant within the last three years. The objective is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the performance and integrity of the corporation before awarding a Federal contract.
81 FR 11992 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: March 7, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 4, 22, 25, 36, and 52 Summary This document makes an amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to make an editorial change.
2015-12-31; vol. 80 # 251 - Thursday, December 31, 2015 80 FR 81892 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; New Designated Countries—Montenegro and New Zealand
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: February 1, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 22, 25, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add Montenegro and New Zealand as new designated countries under the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA) and update the list of parties to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
80 FR 81894 - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Trade Agreements Thresholds
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Final rule. Effective: January 1, 2016. 48 CFR Parts 22, 25, and 52 Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to incorporate revised thresholds for application of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), as determined by the United States Trade Representative.
