51·çÁ÷

On June 1, 51·çÁ÷ submitted to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Councils written comments on a amending the FAR in order to implement several key provisions set forth in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The interim rules were issued March 31 without any opportunity for prior public comment.  51·çÁ÷ was the only construction organization to raise concern over the onerous reporting requirements in the interim rules. To read 51·çÁ÷'s comments and view copies of the Interim Rules, please visit the following:

In order to allow 51·çÁ÷ members and Chapters to communicate with the government, 51·çÁ÷ set up a special portal located at the in order to highlight key issues that needed to be addressed. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) also issued its own guidance on April 23 establishing government-wide guidance and standard award terms for agencies to include in financial assistance awards (namely, grants, cooperative agreements and loans) as part of their implementation of the Recovery Act. Public comments are due by June 22:

51·çÁ÷ is now preparing to submit comments to OMB on behalf of the entire association by the June 22 deadline.