id,filing_uuid,filing_type,registrant_name,registrant_id,client_name,filing_year,filing_period,issue_code,specific_issues,government_entities,income_amount,expense_amount,is_no_activity,is_termination,received_date 1535247,2a4dad4b-fbce-4065-9a95-e495ae9fc6de,Q1,THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES,2046,AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES,2014,first_quarter,GOV,"Issues related to the audit on engineering firm overhead performed by the Office of the Inspector General at USDOT; issues related to oversight of engineering services and contracting in the federal highway program, including FHWA rulemaking on consultant services and FHWA ""safe harbor"" pilot program for indirect cost rate; federal procurement issues, including definitions of inherently governmental and critical functions; Defense Authorization Act, contracting changes; small business set asides/contracting;HR 746, small business compliance issues; small business size standards related to engineering services; issues related to agency performance of infrastructure work without engineering oversight/involvement; limiting ""in-sourcing"" by federal agencies and competition for third party work; FY'14 Defense Authorization (HR 1960/S 1197), issues related to small business programs, A-76 process and employee compensation; HR 2232, provisions related to small business subcontracting; HR 1942, procurement reforms; HR 436/S 109, related to removing prject labor agreements from federal projects; S 1192/HR 2444, provisions related to compensation limits; S 6, requirements on veterans workforce within contracting firms; S 196, provisions related to small firm contracting; HR 2232/HR 2441/S 1190, provisions related to small firm contracting; HR 2751, provisions related to reverse auctions and other procurement actions; HR 1622, related to the qualifications for publicly traded small firms in government contracting; HR 505, related to compensation caps; HR 1109, related to selection factors for government contracting; HR 2750, design-build reforms; HR 3370, related to flood insurance changes; HR 4228, related to changes in DHS acquisition procedures.","AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation,Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers),Commerce, Dept of (DOC),Defense, Dept of (DOD),Education, Dept of,Energy, Dept of,Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),Executive Office of the President (EOP),Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank),Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),Federal Highway Administration (FHA),Federal Transit Administration (FTA),General Services Administration (GSA),Government Accountability Office (GAO),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Internal Revenue Service (IRS),Office of Management & Budget (OMB),Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC),Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC),SENATE,Small Business Administration (SBA),State, Dept of (DOS),Transportation, Dept of (DOT),Treasury, Dept of,U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),U.S. Trade Representative (USTR),Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)",,765169,0,0,2014-04-21T14:29:24.597000-04:00