The Civilian Agency Acquisition and Defense Acquisition Regulations Councils have published Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-42, which contains eight final and four interim rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In order of appearance, the rules address the following subjects: Item I, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Recovery Act) of 2009 --Whistleblower Protections (FAR Case 2009-012); Item II, Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) (FAR Case 2005-040); Item III, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) --Publicizing Contract Actions (FAR Case 2009-010); Item IV, Public Disclosure of Justification and Approval Documents for Noncompetitive Contracts --Section 844 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (FAR Case 2008-003); Item V, Additional Requirements for Market Research (FAR Case 2008-007; Interim); Item VI, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) --GAO/IG Access (FAR Case 2009-011); Item VII, New Designated Country --Taiwan (FAR Case 2009-014); Item VIII, Nonavailable Articles (FAR Case 2009-013); Item IX, Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices for Contracts Awarded to Foreign Concerns (FAR Case 2009-025; Interim); Item X, Compensation for Personal Services (FAR Case 2009-026; Interim); and Item XI, Payrolls and Basic Records (FAR Case 2009-018; Interim). Item XII contains a final rule that makes editorial changes to FAR 31.205-6, FAR 31.205-16, FAR 49.505, and FAR 52.222-34. This FAC also contains a Small Entity Compliance Guide. A full listing of FAR sections impacted by these rules, as well as the effective date for each rule, appears in the table below. Comments on the interim rules, identified by their respective FAR case number, are due by August 16, 2010. For the text of FAC 2005-42, see ¶70,002.121.
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