1. The President’s Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA) is a federal advisory committee that provides advice on matters pertinent to those portions of the Export Administration Act, as amended, that deal with United States policies of encouraging trade with all countries with which the United States has diplomatic or trading relations and of controlling trade for national security and foreign policy reasons. The PECSEA Benchmarking Subcommittee has developed a survey on the impact of export controls and priorities for export reform. This is an opportunity for small firms to make their voices heard on the important issue of export controls and reform. The survey is designed to take only 15 minutes to complete. The PECSEA intends to provide recommendations related to export reform and the impact that export controls have on U.S. exporters. The PECSEA advises that the survey tool is anonymous and providing contact information in the survey response is optional, and that responses should include only information that is not proprietary or business sensitive.
One response per company, to be completed by June 1, 2012.
- The survey is located at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LQ7B5XM.
- Advocacy contact: Major Clark at 202-205-7150
2. Federal Acquisition Regulation; Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts Pages 26232-26238 [FR DOC# 2012-10708], May 3, 2012
GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order13495 and a final regulation issued by the Department of Labor for nondisplacement of qualified workers under service contracts, as implemented in Department of Labor regulations. This proposed rule would amend the FAR to require service contractors and their subcontractors under successor contracts to offer employees of the predecessor contractor and its subcontractors a right of first refusal of employment for positions for which they are qualified.
Comments are due by July 2, 2012.
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Proposed Rule from the Federal Register
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Submit Comments electronically
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Advocacy contact: major.clark@sba.gov or call 202-205-7150
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Regulations.gov, the Federal government’s one stop site to comment on Federal regulations.
3. Small Business Innovation and Research Program Proposed rule Pages 28520-28530 [FR DOC# 2012-11586], May 15, 2012
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to amend its regulations governing size and eligibility for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. The proposed rule addresses ownership, control and affiliation for participants in the SBIR and STTR Programs. This includes participants that are majority owned by multiple venture capital operating companies, private equity firms or hedge funds.
Comments are due by July 16, 2012.
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Proposed Rule from the Federal Register
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Submit Comments electronically
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Advocacy contact: major.clark@sba.gov or call 202-205-7150
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Regulations.gov, the Federal government’s one stop site to comment on Federal regulations.
