48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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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.

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5 sections with “Machine-readable”

  • DFARS 252.211-7003 Item Unique Identification and Valuation.
    …device means a device, such as a reader or interrogator, used to retrieve data encoded on machine-readable media. Concatenated unique item identifier means— (1) For items that are serialized within the enterprise identifier, the linking t…
  • FAR 17.801 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Government data means any information, document, media, or machine-readable material regardless of physical form or characteristics, that is created or obtained by the Government, in the course of official Governme…
  • FAR 52.217-12 Reverse Auction Services.
    … (AUG 2024) (a) Definitions. Government data means any information, document, media, or machine-readable material regardless of physical form or characteristics, that is created or obtained by the Government, in the course of official Gov…
  • DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System.
    …ry, as soon as known; (4) Provide audit trails and maintain records (manual and those in machine-readable form) necessary to evaluate system logic and to verify through transaction testing that the system is operating as desired; (5) Esta…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    … of assigning, reporting, and marking DoD property with unique item identifiers that have machine-readable data elements to distinguish an item from all other like and unlike items. National stock number means a 13-digit stock number used …

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.