Amendments to Federal Regulations Provide Contracting Officers a New Cudgel with Which to Threaten Treasury Listed Sureties--This article is an excerpt from the Surety Claims Institute Newsletter Vol. 47, January 2015, No. 1. pp. 2225. and republished with permission from Surety Claims Institute Newsletter Editor-in-Chief Armen Shahinian. NASBP published this in its January/February 2015 Pipeline e-newsletter.#SuretyIndustry