The Coalition has submitted comments on "Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2009–009, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act)—Reporting Requirements” (74 FR 14639).

FAR Case 2009-009 is an interim rule in the FAR that specifies the contract clause that federal agencies are to include in all Recovery Act contracts. CAR suggests that establishing a central data collection would alleviate burdens placed on prime contractors that are required to collect sub-contractor information. CAR also commented that there should be a standard definition of “Full Time Equivalent” to accurately measure job creation and retention by Recovery Act contractors.