[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR1.101]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 1_FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart 1.1_Purpose, Authority, Issuance
 
Sec.  1.101  Purpose.


    The Federal Acquisition Regulations System is established for the 
codification and publication of uniform policies and procedures for 
acquisition by all executive agencies. The Federal Acquisition 
Regulations System consists of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 
which is the primary document, and agency acquisition regulations that 
implement or supplement the

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FAR. The FAR System does not include internal agency guidance of the 
type described in 1.301(a)(2).

[48 FR 42103, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 27116, July 29, 1986]