In this issue:

- Obama Signs Order Boosting Federal Contract Worker Rights

- DoD Issues Interim Rule to Amend DFARS Foreign Commercial Satellite Services (DFARS Case 2014-D010)

- Obama Administration Achieves 2013 Small Business Federal Procurement Contracting Goal

- Notices Issued by the Committee for the Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled

- Excerpt from DoD Issues Interim Rule to Amend DFARS Foreign Commercial Satellite Services (DFARS Case 2014-D010)

The Department of Defense (DoD) issued an interim rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014 that prohibits acquisition of commercial satellite services from certain foreign entities, 79 Fed. Reg. 150. The interim rule is effective August 5, 2014.