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VA Acquisition Regulations: Commercial Items
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) concerning the acquisition of commercial items. It is proposed to amend VAAR provisions to conform to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), to delete obsolete references and titles, to update references and titles, to reorganize material and to...
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VA Acquisition Regulation: Department Protests
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) to delete coverage which duplicates or conflicts with the Federal Acquisition Regulation; to delete internal agency guidance to contracting officers; to delete obsolete references to the General Services Administration Board of Contract...
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VA Acquisition Regulations: Sealed Bidding and Competitive Proposals
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) at 48 CFR 806.401 to delete the provisions which currently state that contracting officers must solicit sealed bids for contracts expected to exceed the small purchase limitation. The term ``small purchase limitation'' has been superseded in the...
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Acquisition Regulations: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest; Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) concerning the requirement to include an Ethics in Government Act certification in solicitations. This action is proposed in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 (also known as the Clinger-Cohen Act), 41...
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VA Acquisition Regulations: Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Health Care Resources
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) to establish simplified procedures for the competitive acquisition of health-care resources, consisting of commercial services or the use of medical equipment or space, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8151-8153. Presently, the VAAR does not contain simplified...
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VA Acquisition Regulation: Taxes
This rule proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) by deleting procedures and controls prescribed in the VAAR whereby facilities or institutions owned or controlled by State Governments, territories, and the District of Columbia, under supervision of a Federal agency, can obtain tax-free tobacco products...
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VA Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Acquisition Procedures
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) concerning simplified acquisition procedures. It proposes to amend VAAR provisions to conform to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, to update references and section titles, and to remove obsolete material.
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Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs and Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
This proposed regulation, presented as a common rule, provides for the enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (``Title IX''), by the agencies identified above. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. The promulgation of...
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Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, or National Origin in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
The Agencies propose to amend their regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (``Title VI''), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (``Section 504''), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (``Age Discrimination Act''). Together, these statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin,...
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VA Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Health-Care Resources
This document withdraws the proposed rule concerning simplified acquisition procedures for health-care resources published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1998, and promulgates a new proposed rule concerning simplified acquisition procedures for health- care resources. This new proposed rule document would amend the Department of Veterans...
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VA Acquisition Regulation: Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts
This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR). We propose to update position titles, to make minor grammatical corrections and revisions, to revise and update section numbers and titles, to relocate material to correspond to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and to delegate authority. In...
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Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)
This document proposes substantive changes and amendments to the governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and suspension and the governmentwide rule implementing the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. The most significant changes are-- First, this proposed common rule on debarment and suspension would limit the mandatory lower tier...
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VA Acquisition Regulations: Sealed Bidding and Competitive Proposals
This document withdraws a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on March 11, 1998 (63 FR 11865), that would have amended the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) at 48 CFR 806.401. The changes proposed in this rule are being incorporated into a new proposed rule under RIN 2900-AK78 that will update the entire...
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VA Acquisition Regulation: Supporting Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
This proposed rule would implement portions of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 and Executive Order 13360, Providing Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran Businesses to Increase Their Federal Contracting and Subcontracting. The Public Law and Executive Order authorize the Department of Veterans...
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Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments
Treasury, SSA, VA, RRB and OPM (Agencies) are publishing for comment a proposed rule to implement statutory restrictions on the garnishment of Federal benefit payments. The Agencies are taking this action in response to recent developments in technology and debt collection practices that have led to an increase in the freezing of accounts...
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VA Acquisition Regulation: Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Health-Care Resources (Section 610 Review)
On January 24, 2003, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amended the VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) by establishing simplified procedures for the competitive acquisition of health-care resources, consisting of commercial services or the use of medical equipment or space, pursuant to the Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996 (38...
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VA Acquisition Regulation: Electronic Submission of Payment Requests
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its acquisition regulations to require contractors to submit payment requests in electronic form in order to enhance customer service, departmental productivity, and adoption of innovative information technology, including the appropriate use of commercial best practices.
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Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
The departments and agencies listed in this document propose revisions to modernize, strengthen, and make more effective the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects that was promulgated as a Common Rule in 1991. This NPRM seeks comment on proposals to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable...
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Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
The Department of Health and Human Services and the other Federal Departments and Agencies listed in this document are extending the comment period on the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects notice of proposed rulemaking. The NPRM requests comment on proposed revisions to modernize, strengthen, and make more effective the Federal...
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Release of VA Records Relating to HIV
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its medical regulations governing the release of VA medical records. Specifically, VA proposes to eliminate the restriction on protecting a negative test result for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV testing is a common practice today in healthcare and the stigma of testing that...