By Oles Morrison on October 23, 2014 | Posted in Legislative and Regulatory Developments
Over the past two months the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has published two proposed rules to revise small business size standards in the North American Industry Classification System (“NAICS”). If the proposed rules are adopted, nearly 1,650 additional firms will become eligible for small business contracting programs and SBA small business loans. […]
By Howard W. Roth on June 30, 2014 | Posted in Legislative and Regulatory Developments
Section 1614 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (NDAA) offers advantages to small business subcontractors as well as prime contractors, by allowing primes to count second tier small businesses subcontracts toward their small business subcontracting goals. Previously, primes could only count first tier small business subcontractors […]
By Oles Morrison on May 21, 2013 | Posted in Legislative and Regulatory Developments
An interim rule, with immediate effect, will amend regulations to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) Federal Contract Program, allowing for increased access to federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses. This change comes as a result of the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) signed in January 2013. (For more […]
By Oles Morrison on March 22, 2013 | Posted in Legislative and Regulatory Developments
As noted in our earlier blog entry, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (“NDAA”), signed by President Obama on January 3, 2013 included significant changes affecting small business contracting. The changes largely came as a result of the House Armed Services Committee special “Panel on Business Challenges in the […]
By Oles Morrison on March 18, 2013 | Posted in Legislative and Regulatory Developments
Three months into the fiscal year, on January 2, 2013, the President signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2013. Title VIII of NDAA contains many procurement and construction contract related provisions. This post briefly highlights some of the key provisions of the NDAA applicable to those […]
By Oles Morrison on December 31, 2011 | Posted in LEED
It appears that, despite media coverage to the contrary, Congress can agree on something. That something is the ban on federal defense spending for the highest LEED certifications. As we initially discussed here in our August 23, 2011 post, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for […]