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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket FAR 2010–0077, Sequence 10] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2005–48; 

Small Entity Compliance Guide 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Small Entity Compliance Guide. 

SUMMARY: This document is issued 

under the joint authority of DOD, GSA, 

and NASA. 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) 2005–48, 

which amend the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may 

obtain further information regarding 

these rules by referring to FAC 2005–48, 

which precedes this document. These 

documents are also available via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

DATES: For effective dates see separate 

documents, which follow. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below. Please cite FAC 2005–48 and the 

specific FAR case number. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat at (202) 501– 

4755. 

LIST OF RULES IN FAC 2005–48 

Item Subject FAR Case Analyst 

I ...................................................................... Repeal of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program.2011–005 Morgan. 

II ..................................................................... Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel ..................... 2009–027 Jackson. 

III .................................................................... Terminating Contracts ....................................................................... 2009–031 Parnell. 

IV ................................................................... Payrolls and Basic Records .............................................................. 2009–018 McFadden. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summaries for each FAR rule follow. 

For the actual revisions and/or 

amendments made by these FAR cases, 

refer to the specific item number and 

subject set forth in the documents 

following these item summaries. FAC 

2005–48 amends the FAR as specified 

below: 

Item I—Repeal of the Small Business 

Competitiveness Demonstration 

Program (FAR Case 2011–005) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

remove FAR subpart 19.10, Small 

Business Competitiveness 

Demonstration Program. This change is 

necessary to address the requirements of 

section 1335 of the Small Business Jobs 

Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–240) which 

repealed the Small Business 

Competitiveness Demonstration 

Program. 

This final rule also removes the 

following clauses: FAR 52.219–19, 

Small Business Concern Representation 

for the Small Business Competitiveness 

Demonstration Program; FAR 52.219– 

20, Notice of Emerging Small Business 

Set-Aside; and FAR 52.219–21, Small 

Business Size Representation for 

Targeted Industry Categories under the 

Small Business Competitiveness 

Demonstration Program. 

Item II—Personal Identity Verification 

of Contractor Personnel (FAR Case 

2009–027) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

provide additional regulatory coverage 

in subpart 4.13 and in FAR clause 

52.204–9 to reinforce the requirement of 

collecting from contractors all forms of 

Government-provided identification 

once they are no longer needed to 

support a contract. The contracting 

officer may delay final payment under 

a contract if the contractor fails to 

comply with these requirements. 

Item III—Terminating Contracts (FAR 

Case 2009–031) 

This final rule amends the FAR to 

clarify procedures regarding the 

applicability of FAR part 49, 

Termination of Contracts, to commercial 

item contracts. Minor changes are made 

to the proposed rule published in the 

Federal Register at 75 FR 28228 on May 

20, 2010. 

The rule specifically impacts 

contracting officers and contractors by 

clarifying that FAR part 49 does not 

apply to the acquisition of commercial 

items when using procedures at FAR 

part 12. The rule does not have a 

significant economic impact on small 

entities because the rule does not 

impose any additional requirements on 

small businesses. 

Item IV—Payrolls and Basic Records 

(FAR Case 2009–018) 

This rule adopts as final, with a minor 

change, the interim rule published in 

the Federal Register at 75 FR 34286 on 

June 16, 2010. The interim rule 

amended the FAR at 52.222–8, Payrolls 

and Basic Records to delete the 

requirement for submission of full social 

security numbers and home addresses of 

individual workers on weekly payroll 

transmittals by prime contractors. The 

rule requires contractors and 

subcontractors to maintain the full 

social security number and current 

address of each covered worker, and 

provide them upon request to the 

contracting officer, the contractor, or the 

Wage and Hour Division of the 

Department of Labor for purposes of an 

investigation or audit of compliance 

with prevailing wage requirements. The 

rule recognizes the Department of 

Labor’s finding that complete social 

security numbers and home addresses 

for individual workers are personal 

information to the worker and that any 

unnecessary disclosure and submittal of 

such information creates an exposure to 

identity theft and the invasion of 

privacy for workers. 


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Dated: December 22, 2010. 

Millisa Gary, 

Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy 

Division. 

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