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DFARS 202



Part 202-Definitions of Words and Terms

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SUBPART 202.1--DEFINITIONS

202.101 Definitions.

SUBPART 202.1--DEFINITIONS

202.101 Definitions.

"Contracting activity" for DoD also means elements designated by the director of a defense agency which has been delegated contracting authority through its agency charter. DoD contracting activities are-

"Contracting officer's representative" means an individual designated and authorized in writing by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions.

"Departments and agencies," as used in DFARS, means the military departments and the defense agencies. The military departments are the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (the Marine Corps is a part of the Department of the Navy). The defense agencies are the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Commissary Agency, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Investigative Service, the Defense Logistics Agency, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the Defense Special Weapons Agency, the National Security Agency, the On-Site Inspection Agency, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, and the United States Special Operations Command.

"Department of Defense (DoD)," as used in DFARS, means the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the defense agencies.

"Executive agency" means for DoD, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.

"Head of the agency," means for DoD, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force. Subject to the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology), and the Director of Defense Procurement, the directors of the defense agencies have been delegated authority to act as head of the agency for their respective agencies (i.e., to perform functions under the FAR or DFARS reserved to a head of agency or agency head), except for such actions that by terms of statute, or any delegation, must be exercised within the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

"Senior procurement executive," means for DoD-

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