Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-03; Introduction

by the Defense Department, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on 01/14/2021.

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) 2021-03. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC.

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Violations of Arms Control Treaties or Agreements With the United States

by the Defense Department, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on 01/14/2021.

DoD, GSA, and NASA are adopting as final, with changes, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 that addresses measures against persons involved in activities that violate arms control treaties or agreements with the United States.

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Process

by the Defense Department and the General Services Administration on 01/14/2021.

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 that applies criteria for and limitations on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria in solicitations.

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Individual Sureties

by the Defense Department, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on 01/14/2021.

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to change the kinds of assets that individual sureties must pledge as security for their bonds.

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments

by the Defense Department, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on 01/14/2021.

This document makes amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to make needed editorial changes.

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-03; Small Entity Compliance Guide

by the Defense Department, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on 01/14/2021.

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) 2021-03, which amends the Federal...

Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program as Amended by Economic Aid Act

by the Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department on 01/14/2021.

On April 2, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) posted an interim final rule announcing the implementation of sections 1102 and 1106 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Section 1102 of the CARES Act temporarily adds a new program, titled the ``Paycheck Protection Program,'' to the SBA's 7(a) Loan...

Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loans

by the Small Business Administration on 01/14/2021.

This interim final rule announces the implementation of section 311 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (the Economic Aid Act). The Economic Aid Act authorizes the U.S. Small Business Administration to guarantee additional loans under the temporary Paycheck Protection Program, which was originally...

Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties

by the Energy Department on 01/14/2021.

The Department of Energy (``DOE'') publishes this final rule to adjust DOE's civil monetary penalties (``CMPs'') for inflation as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (collectively referred to herein as ``the...

Consolidation of Mentor-Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments; Correction

by the Small Business Administration on 01/14/2021.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is correcting regulations that published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020. The rule merged the 8(a) Business Development (BD) Mentor- Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program and the All Small Mentor- Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Program to eliminate confusion and remove unnecessary duplication of functions...

Women-Owned Small Business and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Certification; Correction

by the Small Business Administration on 01/14/2021.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA or Agency) is correcting regulations that published in the Federal Register on May 11, 2020. The final rule amended SBA's regulations to implement a statutory requirement to certify Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (WOSBs) and Economically-Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns (EDWOSBs),...

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

by the Federal Aviation Administration on 01/14/2021.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus SAS Model A330-200, -200 Freighter, -300, -800, and -900 series airplanes; Model A340-200 and -300 series airplanes; and Model A340-541 and A340-642 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report that an erroneous torque value for the attachment nuts to install a pitot probe was...

Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2021

by the Employment and Training Administration, the Workers Compensation Programs Office, the Wage and Hour Division, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration on 01/14/2021.

The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation...

Taxable Year of Income Inclusion Under an Accrual Method of Accounting and Advance Payments for Goods, Services, and Other Items

by the Internal Revenue Service on 01/14/2021.

Update of Commission's Conciliation Procedures

by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on 01/14/2021.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) is amending its procedural rules governing the conciliation process to bring greater transparency and consistency to the conciliation process and help ensure that the Commission meets its statutory obligations regarding conciliation.

Inspection Service Authority; Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment

by the Postal Service on 01/14/2021.

This document updates postal regulations by implementing inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties that may be imposed under consumer protection and mailability provisions enforced by the Postal Service pursuant to the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act and the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. These adjustments are...

Medicare Program; Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) and Definition of “Reasonable and Necessary”

by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on 01/14/2021.

This final rule establishes a Medicare coverage pathway to provide Medicare beneficiaries nationwide with faster access to new, innovative medical devices designated as breakthrough by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) pathway will result in 4 years of national Medicare coverage...

Department of Health and Human Services Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement Actions

by the Health and Human Services Department on 01/14/2021.

The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing regulations promoting transparency and fairness in civil enforcement actions. These regulations will help to ensure that regulated parties receive fair notice of laws and regulations they are subject to, and have an opportunity to contest an agency determination prior to the agency taking an...

Television Broadcasting Services; Minneapolis, Minnesota.

by the Federal Communications Commission on 01/14/2021.

The Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by Multimedia Holdings Corporation (Multimedia), licensee of KARE, channel 11, Minneapolis, Minnesota, requesting the substitution of channel 31 for channel 11 at Minneapolis in the DTV Table of...

Civil Penalties

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 01/14/2021.

On October 2, 2020, NHTSA received a petition for rulemaking from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation regarding when to apply an increase to the civil penalty rate applicable to automobile manufacturers that fail to meet applicable corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards and are unable to offset such a deficit with compliance credits....