The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is the primary regulation for use by all executive agencies in their acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds.
The FAR, which is codified in Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), generally governs acquisitions of goods and services by executive branch agencies.
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) The FAR provides uniform acquisition policies and procedures for use by all Executive agencies. An electronic version of the official FAR is available at www.ecfr.gov, under Title 48, Chapter 1. The GSA version of the FAR is available at www.acquisition.gov.
Acquisition.gov is a comprehensive online platform developed by the General Services Administration (GSA) that serves as a central hub for acquisition-related information, policies, and tools. The main feature of Acquisition.gov is the FAR, the…
The Federal Acquisition Regulations System consists of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which is the primary document, and agency acquisition regulations that implement or supplement the FAR. The FAR System does not include internal agency guidance of the type described in 1.301 (a) (2).
Interior Alaskan forests have only six native tree species: white spruce, black spruce, quaking aspen, balsam poplar, larch (tamarack) and paper birch. Northern Canadian forests have all of those, plus jack pine, balsam fir and lodgepole pine. Since northern Canada and interior Alaska share the same grueling climate and extremes of daylength, why are the Canadian tree species absent from ...
It is common for people in interior Alaska and corresponding areas of northwestern Canada to use the name cottonwood when referring to one widespread variety of deciduous tree.
A tree's age can be easily determined by counting its growth rings, as any Boy or Girl Scout knows. Annually, the tree adds new layers of wood which thicken during the growing season and thin during the winter. These annual growth rings are easily discernible (and countable) in cross-sections of the tree's trunk. In good growing years, when sunlight and rainfall are plentiful, the growth rings ...