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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 3: Improper Business Practices and Personal Conflicts of Interest › Subpart 3.11

FAR 3.1102 Policy.

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 the Government's policy that contractors must identify and prevent personal conflicts of interest among their covered employees. It also requires contractors to prohibit covered employees who have access to non-public information through a Government contract from using that information for personal gain.

Applies to: Contractors and their covered employees

What it requires

  • Identify and prevent personal conflicts of interest of covered employees
  • Prohibit covered employees with access to non-public information from using it for personal gain

Key terms: personal conflicts of interest · covered employees · non-public information · personal gain

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

The Government's policy is to require contractors to—

(a) Identify and prevent personal conflicts of interest of their covered employees; and

(b) Prohibit covered employees who have access to non-public information by reason of performance on a Government contract from using such information for personal gain.

← 3.1101 Definitions. · 3.1103 Procedures. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 3

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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