Interagency Contracting: An Overview of Federal Procurement and Appropriations Law Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Interagency Contracting: An Overview of Federal Procurement and Appropriations Law

Creator

  • Author: Manuel, Kate M.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Legislative Attorney
  • Author: Yeh, Brian T.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Legislative Attorney

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2011-01-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Recently, federal agencies have increasingly resorted to interagency contracting, relying on the contracts or contracting operations of other agencies to acquire goods and services. This increased use of interagency contracting has made it a topic of interest to some members of Congress. This report provides an overview of the federal procurement and appropriations laws governing interagency contracting. It defines key terms used in discussing interagency contracting; surveys the various interagency contracting vehicles; and describes recently enacted and proposed amendments to the laws governing interagency contracting.
  • Physical Description: 30 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Executive departments
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Federal advisory bodies
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Independent regulatory commissions
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Government contractors
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Public contracts
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Government procurement
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Government service contracts

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R40814
  • Accession or Local Control No: R40814_2011Jan11
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc31465
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