Skip Navigation Links and Jump to Page Content  The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers
Business Reference Services (Science, Technology, and Business Division)
  Home >> Bibliographies & Guides >> Federal Government Contracting >> Rules of the Game

Federal Government Contracting

Rules of the Game


Rules, regulations and laws aplenty govern the world of federal government contracting. Books, periodicals and databases with a legal focus will generally be held in the Law Library Reading Room at the Library of Congress.

Where do you want to go? NJ Turnpike

New Jersey Turnpike, 1952.
From the Gottscho-Schleisner Collection
Reproduction Number: LC-G613-T-62221

Table of Contents

Introduction
Information Search Strategies
Rules of the Game
Opportunities Don't Always Knock

Federal Government Sites

Title 4: Public Contracts (U.S. Code)
Government Printing Office, 2000 ed. Searchable version also available from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University.

Code of Federal Regulations (GPO)
General and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. Divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation.

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
The Department of Defense (DOD), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) jointly issue the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) for use by executive agencies in acquiring goods and services. Regulation in HTML and PDF formats, references, relevant documents and other information. The current FAR is available in multiple file formats; the Reference section includes a GSA forms library.

Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Office of Management & Budget Circulars
Circular A-76 (Rev.) Performance of Commercial Activities, May 29, 2003 (including technical correction made by OMB Memorandum M-03-20) establishes federal policy for competition; in HTML and PDF.

Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR)
Public Law 105-270, 105th Congress, 1998
Lists functions of the Federal Government that are not inherently governmental.

Procurement & Government Contract Law Links
Steve Schooner, George Washington University Law School
Links to federal; international; state; e-commerce; outsourcing/privatization; tribunals and ADR resources; journals & publications; ethics, fraud, and compliance resources; green procurement; and legal research aids and procurement training resources

Top of Page Top of Page
  Home >> Bibliographies & Guides >> Federal Government Contracting >> Rules of the Game
  The Library of Congress >> Especially for Researchers >> Research Centers
   June 20, 2005
Contact Us:  
Ask a Librarian