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This document is an explanatory memorandum providing details about the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013, which includes family-friendly workplace policies, anti-bullying measures, and amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009.
Year:
2013
Region / city:
Australia
Subject:
Labor Relations, Workplace Bullying, Family-Friendly Workplace Policies, Fair Work Act Amendments
Document Type:
Explanatory Memorandum
Organization / Institution:
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
Author:
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Honourable William Shorten MP
Target Audience:
Legislators, Employers, Unions, Employment and Workplace Relations Stakeholders
Effective Period:
Not specified
Approval Date:
Not specified
Amendment Date:
Not specified
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Year:
2008
Region / City:
Durban
Subject:
Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer
Document Type:
Agreement, Policy Guidelines
Organization / Institution:
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
Author:
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Target Audience:
Researchers, Students
Period of Validity:
Ongoing
Approval Date:
Not specified
Amendment Date:
November 2010
Year:
2024
Region / city:
Australia
Theme:
Disability insurance, legislative amendments, transition to new framework plans
Document Type:
Explanatory document
Organization / Institution:
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
Author:
Not specified
Target Audience:
Participants, families, carers, representative organizations, state and territory authorities
Effective Period:
1 July 2026 – 2 October 2029
Approval Date:
Not specified
Amendment Date:
Not specified
Description:
Explanatory document providing details on the transition of participants to new framework plans under the National Disability Insurance Scheme following legislative amendments.
Year:
2019–2024
Region / City:
European Union
Topic:
Invasive Alien Species Reporting
Document Type:
Guidelines
Institution:
European Commission
Author:
European Commission
Target Audience:
Member States of the European Union
Effective Period:
2019–2024
Approval Date:
Not specified
Date of Changes:
Not specified
Document type:
Explanatory memorandum
Legal act concerned:
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Policy area:
Environment and climate policy
Subject matter:
Deforestation-free supply chains
Commodities covered:
Cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya, wood
Proposed change:
Postponement of date of application
Length of postponement:
12 months
Original application date:
30 December 2024
Legal basis:
Article 192(1) TFEU
EU institution:
European Commission
Geographical scope:
European Union
Stakeholders concerned:
Member States, operators, traders, third countries
Related strategies:
European Green Deal, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, Farm to Fork Strategy
Regulatory impact assessment:
Carried out for Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Budgetary implications:
As set out in the legislative financial statement attached to Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
Year:
2022
Region / City:
Not specified
Subject:
Medical Assistant Education
Document Type:
Explanatory Note
Institution:
MAERB (Medical Assisting Education Review Board)
Author:
Not specified
Target Audience:
Educational institutions offering Medical Assistant programs
Period of Validity:
Not specified
Approval Date:
Not specified
Date of Changes:
Not specified
Year:
2019
Region / City:
Australia
Topic:
Design and Distribution Obligations
Document Type:
Regulatory Explanatory Statement
Author:
Treasurer
Target Audience:
Financial Product Distributors, Legal and Regulatory Professionals
Period of Action:
Starting April 5, 2021
Date of Approval:
Not specified
Date of Changes:
Not specified
Year:
2014
Region / city:
United Kingdom
Subject:
Overseas Registration of Births and Deaths
Document Type:
Explanatory Document
Organization:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Author:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Target Audience:
Legislators, Government Officials, Public
Effective Period:
Not specified
Approval Date:
Not specified
Date of Changes:
Not specified
Year:
2025
Region / City:
Australia
Theme:
Aviation, Safety Regulations
Document Type:
Legislative Instrument
Organ / Institution:
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
Author:
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
Target Audience:
Aviation operators, helicopter operators, emergency service authorities
Period of Effectiveness:
From 2025 onwards
Date of Approval:
2025
Date of Amendments:
2025
Context:
A legislative instrument outlining amendments to the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR), specifically Part 138, to prescribe fireground personnel carriage operations as aerial work operations.
Year:
2022
Region / City:
Australia
Topic:
Civil aviation regulations, exemptions, aircraft maintenance
Document Type:
Exemption instrument
Issuing Organization:
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
Author:
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
Target Audience:
Aircraft operators, maintenance personnel, certification authorities
Effective Period:
Not specified
Approval Date:
2022
Amendment Date:
None
Contextual Description:
This document is a legislative instrument that provides exemptions to maintenance requirements for specific Cessna aircraft operating in private and aerial work sectors in Australia.
Year:
2025
Region / City:
European Union
Theme:
Waste management, battery recycling, hazardous waste
Document Type:
Delegated Act
Institution:
European Commission
Author:
European Commission
Target Audience:
Member State authorities, businesses, stakeholders in the waste and battery sectors
Effective Period:
Ongoing after adoption
Approval Date:
5 March 2025
Amendment Date:
Not yet amended
Note:
Contextual Description
Year:
2020
Region / city:
Global
Topic:
Aviation Safety Oversight
Document Type:
Report
Organization / Institution:
ICAO
Author:
ICAO
Target Audience:
Aviation authorities, civil aviation organizations
Validity Period:
N/A
Approval Date:
18 June 2018
Date of Amendments:
2020
Contextual Description:
Detailed explanation of the revisions and structure of the 2020 edition of the ICAO USOAP CMA Protocol Questions (PQs), which are used to assess aviation safety oversight systems.
Year:
2024
Region / City:
Australia
Topic:
Passport Application Fees
Document Type:
Legislative Instrument
Agency / Institution:
Australian Government
Author:
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Target Audience:
Australian Citizens
Period of Action:
From 1 July 2024
Approval Date:
4 June 2024
Date of Amendments:
4 June 2024
Year:
2025
Region / City:
Geneva
Topic:
Harvested Material, UPOV Convention
Document Type:
Meeting report
Organization:
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
Author:
UPOV Office
Target Audience:
WG-HRV members, UPOV stakeholders
Action Period:
2025-2026
Approval Date:
September 24, 2025
Amendment Date:
N/A
Contextual description:
Report on the possible next steps for the WG-HRV’s work on the Explanatory Notes regarding harvested material under the UPOV Convention, with a focus on the breeder’s right and exhaustion principle.
Year:
2021
Region / city:
Geneva
Theme:
Plant variety protection, UPOV Convention
Document type:
Draft, Explanatory Notes
Organization / institution:
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
Author:
UPOV Secretariat
Target audience:
UPOV members, stakeholders in plant breeding and intellectual property
Period of validity:
Ongoing (as per 1991 UPOV Act)
Approval date:
September 3, 2021
Date of amendments:
None stated
Year:
2023
Region / City:
New York State
Theme:
Animal Health, Import Regulations
Document Type:
Regulatory Requirements
Agency / Institution:
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Author:
Richard A. Ball, Commissioner
Target Audience:
Livestock owners, Veterinarians, Fair organizers
Validity Period:
2023 Fair Season
Approval Date:
Not specified
Amendment Date:
Not specified
Year:
2000
Region / City:
South Carolina
Topic:
Fair hearings, legal procedures
Document Type:
Regulations
Agency:
South Carolina Department of Social Services
Author:
South Carolina Department of Social Services
Target Audience:
Individuals involved in child care, adoption, social services
Period of validity:
Ongoing
Approval Date:
July 28, 2000
Date of Changes:
July 28, 2000
Year:
2023
Region / City:
Evergreen Fairgrounds
Topic:
Fair Judging Results
Document Type:
Event Report
Organ / Institution:
Evergreen Fair
Author:
Not specified
Target Audience:
Participants, Exhibitors, Public
Period of Action:
August 2023
Approval Date:
Not specified
Date of Changes:
Not specified
Note:
Contracting Activity
Description of Action:
The proposed action is for a firm-fixed-price task order awarded under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) for International Business Machines (IBM) FileNet P8 v5.2 Annual Software Subscription and Technical Support (further referred to herein as IBM FileNet Software Subscription and Technical Support) for currently licensed software.
Description of the Supplies or Services:
VA Financial Services Center (FSC) requires IBM FileNet Software Subscription and Technical Support in order to maintain the software licenses and maintenance agreements for the existing FSC Enterprise Content Management program. The contractor shall provide all necessary maintenance support, to include patches and upgrades, and shall ensure that the IBM FileNet software licenses are operational and performance is not degraded. The maintenance will also include access to the IBM technical support portal, the ability to enter service requests, 24x7 phone support and access to IBM knowledge base resources. The IBM FileNet Software Subscription and Technical Support will provide access to defect correction information, restrictions, bypasses, and new releases and versions IBM makes generally available.
Statutory Authority:
The statutory authority permitting an exception to fair opportunity is Section 41 U.S.C. 4106(c)(2) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B), entitled “Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized.”
Rationale Supporting Use of Authority Cited Above:
Based on market research as described in section 8 of this document, it was determined that limited competition is available among authorized resellers. FSC currently utilizes IBM FileNet software to store and manage document content in a central repository. The current FSC invoicing system communicates through software that is based on IBM proprietary source code. No other software maintenance can provide the required capability without that source code. Due to the proprietary nature of source code, another vendor could not properly patch and maintain the currently fielded software without the knowledge from the initial IBM source code. VA does not possess the proprietary technical data required to maintain and upgrade the IBM FileNet software in use at the FSC. Failure to acquire the maintenance subscription and support for this software would leave FSC without the necessary updates, bug fixes, and certified technical support to ensure the software remains operational. The Government contacted IBM in May 2015 to ascertain if this proprietary source code is for sale and was advised it is not for sale. The software maintenance subscription and technical support is required to ensure continuity of maintenance and support for the existing IBM FileNet software licenses supporting FSC.
Efforts to Obtain Competition:
Market research was conducted, details of which are in the market research section of this document. Limited competition among authorized IBM service providers is anticipated for the required software maintenance subscription and support services. In accordance with FAR 5.301 and 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D), this action will be synopsized and this justification will be made publicly available on the Federal Business Opportunities Page within 14 days after award. In accordance with FAR 16.505(a)(4)(iii)(A), this justification will be posted with the request for quote on the NASA SEWP V GWAC.
Actions to Increase Competition:
In order to remove or overcome barriers to competition in future acquisitions for the requirements described herein, the Government’s technical experts will continue to perform market research to determine if there are changes in the market place that would enable future actions to be competed.
Market Research:
The Government technical experts reviewed other software maintenance service providers available on the NASA SEWP V GWAC in June 2015. Although these sources may be able to provide general maintenance capabilities, none could provide the required maintenance to sustain the existing IBM FileNet software without access to the IBM proprietary source code. In addition, market research was conducted in January 2015 to ascertain if other products could satisfy VA’s requirements. Specifically, VA subject matter experts reviewed Microsoft SharePoint and OpenText Enterprise Content Management Software Suite brands and determined that neither product could seamlessly integrate into the existing FSC content management business processes and framework currently based on IBM FileNet products. Based upon this market research, only IBM FileNet software licenses can meet all of FSC’s current needs. Finally, market research was conducted to ascertain the extent of limited competition among resellers. A Request for Information (RFI) was posted by the Contract Specialist in May 2015 via the NASA SEWP V GWAC to identify potential sources for the required software subscription and technical support. Responses to the RFI were received from three Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) GWAC holders and an additional six SDVOSB GWAC holders were identified as resellers of IBM products and services. Potential SDVOSB sources include Better Direct; Four, Inc.; Premier Technical; Epoch Concepts (SDVOSB); Four Points Technology (SDVOSB); NAMTEK (SDVOSB); RedHawk (SDVOSB); and Regan Technologies (SDVOSB). Lastly, after reviewing the NASA SEWP V GWAC website in May and June 2015 utilizing the NASA SEWP V GWAC Provider look-up tool, 34 resellers were identified that could potentially meet VA’s needs. Therefore, limited competition is anticipated for this effort.
Other Facts:
None.
Year:
2026
Region / city:
United States
Theme:
Housing Assistance, Housing Programs
Document Type:
Notice
Organization / institution:
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Author:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, HUD
Target Audience:
Public Housing Agencies, Housing Assistance Stakeholders
Period of Action:
Fiscal Year 2026
Approval Date:
Not specified
Date of Changes:
Not specified