FAR 4.701 Purpose
Section Federal Acquisition Regulation
Facts
- Citation
- FAR 4.701
- Type
- Section
- Text as of
- FAC 2026-01
- Official text
- acquisition.gov
Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this section.
Text
The purpose of this subpart is to generally describe records retention requirements and to allow reductions in the retention period for specific classes of records under prescribed circumstances.
Quick answers
What is FAR 4.701?
FAR 4.701 is a section of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Purpose".
Are changes to FAR 4.701 proposed?
No proposed rule from the last 3 years is waiting on a final rule.
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