[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 172 (Thursday, September 6, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51310-51311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4337]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

48 CFR Chapter 1

[Docket FAR--2007--002; Sequence 5]


Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 
2005-20; 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 the rule appearing in Federal 
Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-20 which amends the FAR. An asterisk 
(*) next to a rule indicates that a regulatory flexibility analysis has 
been prepared. Interested parties may obtain further information 
regarding this rule by referring to FAC 2005-20 which precedes this 
document. These documents are also available via the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurieann Duarte, FAR Secretariat, 
(202) 501-4755. For clarification of content, contact the analyst whose 
name appears in the table below.

                                                                                   Rule listed in FAC 2005-20
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                                                                  Subject                                                                             FAR case                   Analyst
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Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) - Reporting Requirement of Subcontractor Award Data                              2006-029                   Woodson.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A summary of the FAR rule follows. For the 
actual revisions and/or amendments to this FAR case, refer to FAR Case 
2006-029.
    FAC 2005-20 amends the FAR as specified below:

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) - Reporting 
Requirement of Subcontractor Award Data (FAR Case 2006-029)

    This final rule amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to 
require that contractors report specific subcontract awards to a public 
database. The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006 (FFATA) (Pub. L. 109-282) requires the existence and operation of 
a searchable website that provides public access to information about 
Federal expenditures. This final rule establishes a pilot program to 
test the collection and accession of subcontract award data. As a 
result, subcontracts awarded and funded with Federal appropriated funds 
will eventually be disclosed to the public in a single searchable 
website. However, information reported under the pilot program will not 
be disclosed to the public.


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    Dated: August 29, 2007.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 07-4337 Filed 9-5-07; 8:45 am]
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