FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 24: Protection of Privacy and Freedom of Information › Subpart 24.2
FAR 24.201 Authority.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section states that the Freedom of Information Act requires information to be made available to the public through publication in the Federal Register, by allowing records to be read and copied at convenient locations, or by providing a copy of a reasonably described record upon request. It matters to contractors because it establishes the legal authority for public access to government records, which can include information contractors submit to the government.
Applies to: Government agencies and the public seeking access to records under the Freedom of Information Act
Key terms: Freedom of Information Act · Federal Register · reasonably described record
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) provides that information is to be made available to the public either by (a) publication in the Federal Register; (b) providing an opportunity to read and copy records at convenient locations; or (c) upon request, providing a copy of a reasonably described record.
← 24.104 Contract clauses. · 24.202 Prohibitions. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 24
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 5, 24, and 29 ↗ · proposed 2026-06-23 · comments due 2026-07-23
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.