The Civilian Agency Acquisition and Defense Acquisition Regulations Councils have published Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-47, which contains four interim and three final rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In order of appearance, the rules address the following subjects: Item I, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (FAR Case 2010-006, Interim); Item II, HUBZone Program Revisions (FAR Case 2006-005); Item III, Preventing Abuse of Interagency Contracts (FAR Case 2008-032, Interim); Item IV, Small Disadvantaged Business Self-Certification (FAR Case 2009-019, Interim); Item V, Uniform Suspension and Debarment Requirement (FAR Case 2009-036, Interim); and Item VI, Limitation on Pass-Through Charges (FAR Case 2008-031). Item VII contains a final rule that makes editorial changes to FAR 3.104-1, FAR 5.601, FAR 7.105, and FAR 10.002. 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 numbers, are due by February 11, 2011. For the text of FAC 2005-47, see ¶70,002.127.
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