Government Contracts
Guide to U.S. government contracts law.
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Regulations
Current FAR:
- Acquisition.gov
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- Federal Acquisition Regulation as of...: FAR
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- Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1
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FAR Supplements:
- Acquisition.gov
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- Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations
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Sources for Proposed or Final Regulations:
- Federal Register
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- Regulations.gov
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Superseded Regulations:
For information on how to locate superseded procurement regulations, see the U.S. Defense Procurement guide.
Administrative Decisions
- Board of Contract Appeals Decisions
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- Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States
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- Comptroller General's Procurement Decisions (CPD)
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Cases
In addition to the usual reporters for federal cases, such as U.S. Reports, Federal Reporter, etc., government contracts decisions are also published in specialized reporters, which are listed below. For a listing of federal reporters, see the Case Law guide.
- Government Contract Cases
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Databases that contain government contracts cases from a variety of different reporters. - Federal Claims Reporter (Fed. Cl.)
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(1992-2018) - United States Claims Court Reporter (Cl. Ct.)
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(1983-1992) - Court of Claims Reports (Ct. Cl.)
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(1863-1948) - United States Court of Claims Reports (Ct. Cl.)
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(1949-1982)
Laws
Codified Laws:
Federal government contract laws are found in several titles of the United States Code, including Title 41.
- United States Code (U.S.C.)
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- United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
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- United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
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Session Laws:
- United States Statutes at Large (Stat.)
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- United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (U.S.C.C.A.N.)
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Legislative Histories
For additional information on how to locate legislative history documents, see the Federal Legislative History guide.
- ProQuest Legislative Insight
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- ProQuest Congressional
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- U.S. GAO Federal Legislative Histories
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- U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
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- LLSDC's Legislative Source Book
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