DoD, GSA, and NASA Issue Interim Rule to Prohibit Contracting with Corporations Having Delinquent Taxes or Felony Convictions

Summary

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are issuing an interim rule to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation, implementing provisions from the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 to restrict government contracts with corporations having outstanding tax debts or felony convictions, unless suspension or debarment is deemed unnecessary to protect government interests.