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  1. The recent SBA IG Report has confirmed what the SBA Office of Advocacy had acknowledged in 2009, that FAR 19.000( - or as it is known, the 'Foreign Exemption' - is not consistent with applicable laws and must be eliminated. The 'Foreign Exemption' is on the SBA Office of Advocacy r3 Initiative's list which identifies it as one of the "Ten Worst Regulations Affecting Small Businesses," FPA announcement You might find my OP-ED about the Exemptions on this link of interest, OMG. It focuses on the SBA Legal Opinion of February 2007 which stated that "according to statute and regulations, small business set asides are mandatory for acquisitions valued from $3,000 to $100,000 (upgraded to $150,000 in 2011). This interpretation is consistent with the declared and unambiguous intent of Congress as it relates to Federal procurement and small businesses." The procurement community must no longer exclude small businesses from those eligible contracts and must consider letting the SBA PCRs do their small business coordination of all applicable foreign contracts.
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