General Services Administration June 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities; Announcement of Meeting
Document Number: 2014-15054
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-27
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF), a Federal Advisory Committee established by the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012, Public Law 112-275, will hold a meeting open to the public on Thursday, July 10, 2014 in Tampa, Florida.
Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); Terms and Definitions for “Marriage,” “Spouse,” and “Domestic Partnership”
Document Number: 2014-14703
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-06-26
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The General Services Administration (GSA) is proposing to amend the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) by adding terms and definitions for ``Marriage'' and ``Spouse,'' and by proposing to revise the definition of ``Domestic Partnership''.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contracting With Women-Owned Small Business Concerns
Document Number: 2014-14381
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-24
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DoD, GSA, and NASA have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to remove the dollar limitation for set-asides to economically disadvantaged women-owned small business concerns and to women-owned small business concerns eligible under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-75; Introduction
Document Number: 2014-14380
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-24
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-75. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is available via the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Limitation on Allowable Government Contractor Compensation Costs
Document Number: 2014-14379
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-24
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement section 702 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. In accordance with section 702, the interim rule revises the allowable cost limit relative to the compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees. Also, in accordance with section 702, this interim rule implements the possible exception to this allowable cost limit for scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon an agency determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-75; Small Entity Compliance Guide
Document Number: 2014-14377
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-24
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This document is issued under the joint authority of DOD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rules appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-75, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). An asterisk (*) next to a rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has been prepared. Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2005-75, which precedes this document. These documents are also available via the Internet at https:// www.regulations.gov.
[FAC 2005-75; FAR Case 2013-016; Item I; Docket 2013-0016, Sequence 1] Federal Acquisition Regulation; EPEAT Items
Document Number: 2014-14376
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-24
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement changes in the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT[supreg]) registry.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission to OMB for Review; Acquisition of Helium
Document Number: 2014-14132
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-17
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement concerning acquisition of helium. A notice was published in the Federal Register at 79 FR 18551 on April 2, 2014, no comments were received.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Potomac Hill Campus Master Plan
Document Number: 2014-14064
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-17
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 United States Code [U.S.C.] 4321-4347; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (Code of Federal Regulations [CFR], Title 40, chapter V, parts 1500-1508); GSA Order PBS P 1095.1F (Environmental considerations in decision-making, dated October 19, 1999); and the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA Desk Guide, dated October 1999, GSA plans to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Potomac Hill Campus Master Plan (PHCMP) at Potomac Hill in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Northwest Washington, DC. GSA will be initiating related consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 470(f) and 470(h-2), 36 CFR Part 800 [Protection of Historic Properties]) for the project.
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Document Number: 2014-13134
Type: Unknown
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
This agenda provides summary descriptions of regulations being developed by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in compliance with Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' This agenda is being published to allow interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process. The Regulatory Secretariat Division has attempted to list all regulations pending at the time of publication, except for minor and routine or repetitive actions; however, unanticipated requirements may result in the issuance of regulations that are not included in this agenda. There is no legal significance to the omission of an item from this listing. Published proposed rules may be reviewed in their entirety at the Government's rulemaking Web site at https://www.regulations.gov.
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
Document Number: 2014-13131
Type: Unknown
Date: 2014-06-13
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This agenda announces the proposed regulatory actions that GSA plans for the next 12 months and those that were completed since the fall 2013 edition. This agenda was developed under the guidelines of Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' GSA's purpose in publishing this agenda is to allow interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking process. GSA also invites interested persons to recommend existing significant regulations for review to determine whether they should be modified or eliminated. Proposed rules may be reviewed in their entirety at the Government's rulemaking Web site at https://www.regulations.gov. Since the fall 2007 edition, the Internet has been the basic means for disseminating the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov, in a format that offers users a greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), GSA's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's Agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified Agenda published on the Internet. In addition, for fall editions of the Agenda, the entire Regulatory Plan will continue to be printed in the Federal Register, as in past years, including GSA's regulatory plan.
Federal Management Regulation (FMR); Restrictions on International Transportation of Freight and Household Goods
Document Number: 2014-13652
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-11
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
GSA is amending the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) provisions pertaining to the use of United States air carriers for cargo under the ``Fly America Act''; updating the current provisions in the FMR regarding the Cargo Preference Act of 1954, as amended; and clarifying FMR language to state clearly that this part applies to all agencies and wholly-owned Government corporations except where otherwise expressly provided.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Payment by Electronic Fund Transfer
Document Number: 2014-13647
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-11
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement concerning payment by electronic fund transfer.
Information Collection; Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions
Document Number: 2014-13643
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-11
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement regarding Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest for Contractor Employees Performing Acquisition Functions. This request for extension relates to FAR case 2013-022, Extension of Limitations on Contractor Employee Personal Conflicts of Interest, proposed rule, which published updated burden hours in the Federal Register at 79 FR 18503 on April 2, 2014.
Federal Management Regulation (FMR); Mail Management; Requirements for Agencies
Document Number: 2014-13592
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-06-11
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) by revising its mail management policy. This amendment revises the term ``commercial payment process'' and removes the requirement that agencies pay the United States Postal Service (USPS) using only commercial payment processes. This final rule changes the date of the annual mail management report, removes the description of facility and program mail manager responsibilities, and requires all agencies to expand existing mail security policy to include guidance for employees receiving incoming and sending outgoing official mail at alternative worksites. Finally, this final rule encourages agencies to implement the process of mail consolidation, increase sustainable activities in their mail programs, and makes editorial and technical corrections. This case is included in GSA's retrospective review of existing regulations under Executive Order 13563.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Expanded Reporting of Nonconforming Items
Document Number: 2014-13336
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-06-10
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require expanded reporting of nonconforming items.
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Certificates
Document Number: 2014-13316
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-09
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension and revision of the expiration dates of the following four information collection requirements: 9000-0024, 9000-0025, 9000-141 and 9000-0130. This request also merges the four previously approved information collections into one (OMB Control No. 9000-0024).
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Contractor Business Ethics Compliance Program and Disclosure Requirements
Document Number: 2014-13301
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-09
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement concerning Contractor Business Ethics Compliance Program and Disclosure Requirements.
Expanded Reporting of Nonconforming Items; Corrections
Document Number: 2014-13179
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-06
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DoD, GSA and NASA are issuing corrections to amend the meeting time and registration time that was published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2014.
Federal Travel Regulation; Designation of Agency Senior Travel Officials
Document Number: 2014-12979
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-04
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
GSA's Office of Government-wide Policy is strongly encouraging agencies to notify GSA of the name and contact information of the employee selected to be responsible on an agency-wide basis for carrying out the directives in Section 3 of Executive Order (E.O.) 13589, ``Promoting Efficient Spending,'' so s/he can be included in future meetings of agency travel officials. This person may be referred to as the Senior Travel Official (STO).
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Public Advisory Committee Meeting and Conference Calls
Document Number: 2014-12978
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-06-04
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of this meeting and these conference calls is being provided according to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2). This notice provides the agenda and schedule for the September 10, 2014 meeting of the Green Building Advisory Committee Meeting (the Committee) and the schedule for a series of conference calls, supplemented by Web meetings, for two task groups of the Committee. The meeting is open to the public and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. The conference calls are open for the public to listen in. Interested individuals must register to attend as instructed below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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