[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: 48CFR1.603-1]

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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 1.6_Career Development, Contracting Authority, and 
                            Responsibilities
 
Sec.  1.603-1  General.

    Subsection 414(4) of title 41, United States Code, requires agency 
heads to establish and maintain a procurement career management program 
and a system for the selection, appointment, and termination of 
appointment of contracting officers. Agency heads or their designees may 
select and appoint contracting officers and terminate their 
appointments. These selections and appointments shall be consistent with 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy's (OFPP) standards for skill-based 
training in performing contracting and purchasing duties as published in 
OFPP Policy Letter No. 92-3, Procurement Professionalism Program 
Policy--Training for Contracting Personnel, June 24, 1992.

[59 FR 67015, Dec. 28, 1994]

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