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39 sections with “public display”

  • FAR 31.205-1 Public relations and advertising costs.
    (a) Public relations means all functions and activities dedicated to— (1) Maintaining, protecting, and enhancing the image of a concern or its products; or (2) Maintaining or promoting reciprocal understanding and favorable relations with…
  • FAR 5.101 Methods of disseminating information.
    …ctions expected to exceed $20,000, but not expected to exceed $25,000, by displaying in a public place, or by any appropriate electronic means, an unclassified notice of the solicitation or a copy of the solicitation satisfying the requirem…
  • DFARS 252.203-7004 Display of Hotline Posters.
    …ropriately demonstrated, the contracting officer may provide the contractor the option to publicize the program to contractor personnel in a manner other than public display of the poster, such as private employee written instructions and b…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ncluding any individual assigned under section 502(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465) to be temporarily in charge of such a mission or office. Claim means a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracti…
  • FAR 5.205 Special situations.
    …competition. Advance notices must not be used where security considerations prohibit such publication. Advance notices will enable potential sources to learn of R&D programs and provide these sources with an opportunity to submit informatio…
  • FAR 27.404-3 Copyrighted works.
    … of the data for which permission is requested, as well as a statement as to the intended publication or dissemination media or other purpose for which the permission is requested. Generally, a contracting officer should grant the contracto…
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …overnment to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, in any manner and for any purpose, and to have or permit others to do so. (b) Allocation of rights…
  • FAR 52.227-17 Rights in Data—Special Works.
    …overnment to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, in any manner and for any purpose, and to have or permit others to do so. (b) Allocation of Rights…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …overnment to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever, and to have or permit others to do so. (b) Allocatio…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …changes to technical data furnished to the Contractor by the Government; (vii) Otherwise publicly available or have been released or disclosed by the Contractor or subcontractor without restrictions on further use, release or disclosure, o…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …y used for nongovernmental purposes which— (1) Has been sold, leased, or licensed to the public; (2) Has been offered for sale, lease, or license to the public; (3) Has not been offered, sold, leased, or licensed to the public but will b…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …y used for nongovernmental purposes which— (1) Has been sold, leased, or licensed to the public; (2) Has been offered for sale, lease, or license to the public; (3) Has not been offered, sold, leased, or licensed to the public but will b…
  • FAR 13.105 Synopsis and posting requirements.
    (a) The contracting officer must comply with the public display and synopsis requirements of 5.101 and 5.203 unless an exception in 5.202 applies. (b) When acquiring commercial products or commercial services,or supplies or services produc…
  • FAR 52.227-18 Rights in Data—Existing Works.
    …usive, irrevocable, worldwide license to reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government, for all the material or subject matter called for under this contract, or for which …
  • DFARS 203.1003 Requirements.
    …ropriately demonstrated, the contracting officer may provide the contractor the option to publicize the program to contractor personnel in a manner other than public display of the poster required by 203.1004(b)(2)(ii), such as private empl…
  • DFARS 252.204-7012 Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting.
    …Statements on Technical Documents. The term does not include information that is lawfully publicly available without restrictions. Covered contractor information system means an unclassified information system that is owned, or operated by…
  • FAR 27.401 Definitions.
    …overnment to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, in any manner and for any purpose, and to have or permit others to do so.
  • FAR 36.211 Distribution of advance notices and solicitations.
    … may send notices and solicitations to organizations that maintain, without charge to the public, display rooms for the benefit of prospective offerors, subcontractors, and material suppliers. If requested by such organizations, this may be…
  • DFARS 227.7203-5 Government rights.
    …e Government; (4) Computer software or computer software documentation that is otherwise publicly available or has been released or disclosed by the contractor or subcontractor without restrictions on further use, release or disclosure oth…
  • DFARS 252.204-7014 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Information by Litigation Support Contractors.
    …igation support under a contract. The term does not include information that is lawfully, publicly available without restriction, including information contained in a publicly available solicitation. Litigation support means administrative…
  • DFARS 252.227-7021 Rights in data—existing works.
    …overnment a nonexclusive, paid-up license throughout the world (1) to distribute, perform publicly, and display publicly the works called for under this contract and (2) to authorize others to do so for Government purposes. (c) The Contrac…
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …e, or destroy as a condition of sale provided the property is not inherently dangerous to public health and safety. (g) Classified Contractor inventory. The Contractor shall dispose of classified contractor inventory in accordance with app…
  • FAR 12.212 Computer software.
    …puter software documentation shall be acquired under licenses customarily provided to the public to the extent such licenses are consistent with Federal law and otherwise satisfy the Government's needs. Generally, offerors and contractors s…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …of the contract's estimated cost, excluding fee. (B) For architect-engineer services for public works or utilities, the contract price or the estimated cost and fee for production and delivery of designs, plans, drawings, and specification…
  • DFARS 227.7102-1 Policy.
    (a) DoD shall acquire only the technical data customarily provided to the public with a commercial product, commercial service, or commercial process, except technical data that— (1) Are form, fit, or function data; (2) Are required for r…
  • DFARS 227.7105-2 Acquisition of existing works without modification.
    …on; and (2) The Government requires the right to reproduce, prepare derivative works, or publicly perform or display the existing works; or (3) The Government has a specific need to obtain indemnity for liabilities that may arise out of t…
  • DFARS 227.7106 Contracts for special works.
    …ke and distribute copies of that work, to prepare derivative works, to perform or display publicly any portion of the work, and to permit others to do so for government purposes. Grant permission only when the Government's requirements cann…
  • DFARS 227.7202-1 Policy.
    …r software documentation shall be acquired under the licenses customarily provided to the public unless such licenses are inconsistent with Federal procurement law or do not otherwise satisfy user needs. (b) Commercial computer software an…
  • DFARS 252.239-7018 Supply Chain Risk.
    …10 U.S.C. 3252. In exercising these authorities, the Government may consider information, public and non-public, including all-source intelligence, relating to a Contractor's supply chain. (d) If the Government exercises the authority prov…
  • FAR 14.203-2 Dissemination of information concerning invitations for bids.
    Procedures concerning display of invitations for bids in a public place, information releases to newspapers and trade journals, paid advertisements, and synopsizing through the Governmentwide point of entry (GPE) are set forth in 5.101 and …
  • DFARS 204.7301 Definitions.
    …Statements on Technical Documents. The term does not include information that is lawfully publicly available without restrictions. Covered contractor information system means an unclassified information system that is owned, or operated by…
  • DFARS 227.7100 Scope of subpart.
    …71-3775. (4) 10 U.S.C. 3781-3786. (5) 10 U.S.C. 8687. (6) 17 U.S.C. 1301, et seq. (7) Public Law 103-355. (8) Executive Order 12591 (subsection 1(b)(7)). (b) Does not apply to— (1) Computer software or technical data that is computer…
  • DFARS 227.7103-9 Copyright.
    …ense rights which permit the Government to reproduce data, distribute copies of the data, publicly perform or display the data or, through the right to modify data, prepare derivative works. The extent to which the Government, and others ac…
  • DFARS 227.7105-1 General.
    …, distribute copies of the work, prepare derivative works, or perform or display the work publicly. When the Government is not responsible for the content of an existing work, it should require the copyright owner to indemnify the Governmen…
  • DFARS 227.7203-13 Government right to review, verify, challenge, and validate asserted restrictions.
    …. Those limitations on the Government's challenge rights do not apply to software that is publicly available, has been furnished to the Government without restrictions, or has been otherwise made available without restrictions. (ii) Contra…
  • DFARS 227.7205 Contracts for special works.
    …ation pertaining to individuals that, if disclosed, would violate the right of privacy or publicity of the individuals to whom the information relates; or investigative reports.
  • DFARS 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third-Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information.
    …Statements on Technical Documents. The term does not include information that is lawfully publicly available without restrictions. Covered defense information means unclassified controlled technical information or other information (as des…
  • DFARS 252.227-7019 Validation of Asserted Restrictions—Computer Software.
    …ovided to the Government in the performance of this contract. Except for software that is publicly available, has been furnished to the Government without restrictions, has been otherwise made available without restrictions, or is the subje…
  • DFARS 252.227-7020 Rights in special works.
    …nd expenses, (1) for violation of proprietary rights, copyrights, or rights of privacy or publicity, arising out of the creation, delivery, use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display, or disclosure of any works furnished…

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.