[Federal Register: December 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 246)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Chapter 1
[Docket FAR-2007-0002, Sequence 9]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular
2005-23; Small Entity Compliance Guide
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide.
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SUMMARY: This document is issued under the joint authority of the
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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 rules appearing in Federal
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-23 which amend the 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 2005-23 which precedes this
document. These documents are also available via the Internet at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.regulations.gov
.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diedra Wingate, FAR Secretariat, (202)
208-4052. For clarification of content, contact the analyst whose name
appears in the table below.
List of Rules in FAC 2005-23
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Item Subject FAR case Analyst
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I *.................... Electronic 2006-030 Clark.
Products
Environmental
Assessment Tool
(EPEAT)
(Interim).
II..................... Contracts with 2006-019 Woodson.
Religious
Entities.
III.................... Performance-Based 2005-016 Murphy.
Payments.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Summaries for each FAR rule follow. For the
actual revisions and/or amendments to these FAR cases, refer to the
specific item number and subject set forth in the documents following
these item summaries.
FAC 2005-23 amends the FAR as specified below:
Item I--Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) (FAR
Case 2006-030) (Interim)
This interim rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
to require use of the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool
(EPEAT) when acquiring personal computer products such as desktops,
notebooks (also known as laptops), and monitors pursuant to the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 and Executive Order 13423, ``Strengthening Federal
Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management.'' The interim
rule revises Subpart 23.7, and prescribes a new clause in 52.223 (also
included in 52.212-5 for acquisition of commercial items) in all
solicitations and contracts for the acquisition of personal computer
products, services that require furnishing of personal computer
products for use by the Government, and services for contractor
operation of Government-owned facilities.
Item II--Contracts With Religious Entities (FAR Case 2006-019)
This final rule adopts as final, without change, the interim rule
published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2007. The interim rule
amended the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 22 and 52 to
implement Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, as amended, Equal Employment
Opportunity, to incorporate the exemption for religious entities
prescribed in E.O. 13279. Section 4 of E.O. 13279 amended Section 204
of E.O. 11246 to exempt religious corporations, associations,
educational institutions and societies from certain nondiscrimination
requirements. E.O. 11246, as amended, permits religious entities to
consider employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform
work connected with carrying on the entity's activities. Religious
entities are not exempt from other requirements of the executive order.
Item III--Performance-Based Payments (FAR Case 2005-016)
This final rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation to
increase the use of performance-based payments as the method of
contract financing on Federal Government contracts and improve the
efficiency of performance-based payments when used on these contracts.
These changes originated from recommendations submitted by the
Department of Defense Performance-Based Payments Working Group in their
March 8, 2005, report.
Dated: December 19, 2007.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. E7-24940 Filed 12-21-07; 8:45 am]
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