Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Fundamentals: Demystifying the FAR

Author(s):

Ronald L. Straight
Ronald Straight, Professor, School of Business, Howard University, (202/806-1531) rstraight@howard.edu

88th Annual International Conference Proceedings - 2003 - Nashville, TN

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide an introductory overview of federal government contracting. It provides the basic information on what the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is all about and allows the reader to identify differences and similarities between commercial and government contracting methods.