# 2024-31408: Government Releases Manual to Explain Its Own Rules

2024-31408, Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03; Small Entity Compliance Guide, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-03; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31408
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31408
- Title: Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-03; Small Entity Compliance Guide
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-03
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Government Releases Manual to Explain Its Own Rules

## Summary

Starting January 3, 2025, small businesses working with the government will see clearer and fairer rules about suspensions, size status, and subcontracting with Puerto Rican and other covered territory small businesses. These updates make sure everyone plays by the same rules and helps small entities know exactly where they stand. If you’re a small business contractor, these changes could affect how you prove your size and who you can team up with, so keep an eye on deadlines and details!

## Abstract

This document is issued under the joint authority of DoD, GSA, and NASA. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It consists of a summary of the rules appearing in Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-03, which amends the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Interested parties may obtain further information regarding these rules by referring to FAC 2025-03, which precedes this document.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2024-31408 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31408/federal-acquisition-regulation-federal-acquisition-circular-2025-03-small-entity-compliance-guide)
- [2024-31408 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31408.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31408 (as of 2026-06-11).