Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council
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The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is a U.S. government body responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which governs how federal agencies procure goods and services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Civilian Agency Acquisition Council | 1 |
| Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2828571 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council Context triple: [Office of Federal Procurement Policy, worksWith, Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council]
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A.
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is a U.S. federal office that provides overall direction for government-wide procurement policies, regulations, and procedures to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in federal contracting.
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B.
Office of Acquisition Management (FAS)
The Office of Acquisition Management (FAS) is a component of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service that oversees and supports federal procurement and contracting activities.
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C.
Office of Acquisition Policy (OGP)
The Office of Acquisition Policy (OGP) is a component of the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for developing and overseeing federal acquisition and procurement policies and regulations.
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D.
Defense Contract Management Agency
The Defense Contract Management Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for overseeing and ensuring that defense contractors meet cost, schedule, and performance requirements for military procurement contracts.
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E.
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency
The Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency is a Japanese government body responsible for managing defense equipment procurement, technology development, and logistics support for the country’s armed forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council Target entity description: The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is a U.S. government body responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which governs how federal agencies procure goods and services.
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A.
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is a U.S. federal office that provides overall direction for government-wide procurement policies, regulations, and procedures to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in federal contracting.
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B.
Office of Acquisition Management (FAS)
The Office of Acquisition Management (FAS) is a component of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service that oversees and supports federal procurement and contracting activities.
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C.
Office of Acquisition Policy (OGP)
The Office of Acquisition Policy (OGP) is a component of the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for developing and overseeing federal acquisition and procurement policies and regulations.
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D.
Defense Contract Management Agency
The Defense Contract Management Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense agency responsible for overseeing and ensuring that defense contractors meet cost, schedule, and performance requirements for military procurement contracts.
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E.
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency
The Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency is a Japanese government body responsible for managing defense equipment procurement, technology development, and logistics support for the country’s armed forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal government body
ⓘ
regulatory council ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure compliance with procurement statutes and executive orders
ⓘ
promote efficiency in federal procurement ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
civilian agency acquisition councils
ⓘ
defense acquisition officials ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Federal Acquisition Regulation
ⓘ
surface form:
federal acquisition regulatory system of the United States
|
| coordinatesWith | federal executive agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ensures | uniform policies and procedures for acquisition by executive agencies ⓘ |
| governs |
administration of federal contracts
ⓘ
how U.S. federal agencies procure goods and services ⓘ solicitation and award of federal contracts ⓘ termination of federal contracts ⓘ |
| hasMemberOrganization |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
surface form:
General Services Administration
NASA ⓘ
surface form:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Federal Procurement Policy ⓘ |
| issues |
final rules to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation
ⓘ
proposed rules to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
|
| maintains | Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| oversees |
Federal Acquisition Regulation
ⓘ
implementation of changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| policyArea |
contracting regulation
ⓘ
procurement policy ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | oversee and maintain the Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| publishesIn | Federal Register ⓘ |
| regulates |
federal acquisition
ⓘ
federal contracts for goods ⓘ federal contracts for services ⓘ |
| regulatoryScope | civilian and defense federal agencies ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordinating government-wide procurement policy through the FAR
ⓘ
updating the Federal Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| sector | public procurement ⓘ |
| shortName | FAR Council ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Federal Acquisition Regulation
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Acquisition Regulation System
U.S. federal procurement law and policy discussions ⓘ |
| worksWith | Office of Federal Procurement Policy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council Description of subject: The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is a U.S. government body responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which governs how federal agencies procure goods and services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Civilian Agency Acquisition Council