9000-AM68 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2012-022, Contracts Under the Small Business Administration 8(a) Program

DoD, GSA, and NASA issued a proposed rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement revisions made by the Small Business Administration to its regulations implementing section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, and to provide additional FAR coverage regarding protesting an 8(a) participant's eligibility or size status, procedures for releasing a requirement for non-8(a) procurements, and the ways a participant could exit the 8(a) Business Development program.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 48 CFR 5 48 CFR 6 48 CFR 18 48 CFR 19 48 CFR 52 40 USC 121(c) 10 USC ch 137 51 USC 20113 No NPRM 02/03/2014 79 FR 6135 NPRM Comment Period End 04/14/2014 Final Rule 02/00/2015 Yes Businesses Federal No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Yes No Mahruba Uddowla Procurement Analyst 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR 703 605-2868 mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov 1800 F Street, NW, Washington DC 20405