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We asked SBA to show its work before it changes what counts as a small business
SBA wants to replace nearly 1,000 size standards with 338. We filed on both dockets asking it to publish the industry-by-industry record the law requires — and published our own evidence so anyone can check us. Comments close September 21.
Comment on the 2027 NAICS revision — held to OMB's own standard
OMB proposes consolidating forty-six industries into eighteen. Tested against the government's own data: eleven of the eighteen exactly duplicate codes that already exist, and the twenty-eight industries being eliminated carry $29 billion in annual federal obligations.
Comment under 5 U.S.C. § 610 — the protections the overhaul removes without counting
The FAR Council invited small entities to comment on the existing regulations the overhaul would remove. ASBCC accepted — and counted, from the government's own data, what the Council's analysis never did.
Principal comment on the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul — Parts 5, 6, 7, and 10
Sixteen pages on what the rewrite of Parts 5, 6, 7, and 10 does to the front door of the federal marketplace — grounded in our reproducible analysis of roughly 30 million contract actions, FY2022–FY2026.
Request for a 90-day comment period — Revolutionary FAR Overhaul
Before commenting on substance, ASBCC asked the FAR Council for adequate time — 90 days, or at minimum the 60 that Executive Order 12866 treats as the norm — to analyze a rewrite spanning more than a thousand pages of regulatory text.
Comment on the FAR greenhouse gas disclosure rule — with SBAGC
ASBCC's comment supporting the proposed climate-disclosure rule's aims while asking for industry-targeted criteria, education, lead time, and financial assistance for small contractors.