Home Contact Us Member Org Profiles Sustaining Members Federal A/E Forum Procedures History Feedback Issues Membership Info Links Latest COFPAES News FAR Council Notice of Proposed Rule — 10% Retainage on A/E Contracts Presentations from May 28, 2009 Federal A/E Forum Now Available Federal A/E Forum Meeting click here MAPPS, COFPAES Seek SmartBuy Clarification COFPAES New Mailing Address COFPAES Administrator Warns of Dangers in Mis-Use of Terminology Article from Professional Surveyor, "Are You A Vendor" Pat Olson Elected COFPAES Chairman NSPE's Arthur Schwartz, ESQ. Outlines benefits of QBS Palatiello Testifies Before House Small Business Committee on Procurement Methods click here To view the entire panel click here, to view the COFPAES written testimony click here. Judge Rules "No Standing" in the QBS Lawsuit click here Current Federal Procurement Issues Affecting Surveying and Mapping click here U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Identifies At-Risk Levees click here Defending QBS - Plantiffs Motion Filed January 5 click here Corps of Engineers Memorandum Clarifies QBS Policy click here Feature Article - Jack Brooks: The Man Behind the Law click here President Signs Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act on September 26 click here House Approves Prison Industry Reform, 362-57 click here ... How Congress Voted on the Bill click here COFPAES Administrator Promotes QBS to Acquisition Panel click here COFPAES Opposes Use of Federal Supply Schedule for Acquisition of A/E Services click here GSA Clarifies A/E Limits in Federal Supply Schedule click here New regulation further limits awards to Federal Prison Industries article link Legal Opinion Outlines Contracting Risks to Sending Work Offshore click here History of Outsourcing, A-76 & Competitive Sourcing Presented at NSPE Meeting click here NSPE's "Engineering Times" on COPFAES Congressional Testimony on Offshore Job Loss The full story OFPP Clarifies Construction is NOT a Commercial Item The full story COFPAES Supports DoD Rule on Prison Industries Limits The full story COFPAES Administrator Testifies Before Congress on Offshore Work The full story Corporate Memberships Approved in COFPAES The full story Member Organizations American Congress on Surveying & Mapping American Institute of Architects American Society of Civil Engineers Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors National Society of Professional Engineers