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                            PART 1402 - DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS
        
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PART 1402 - DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS       Authority:                            Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 5 U.S.C. 301.          Source:                            75 FR 19829, Apr. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted.                                       Subpart 1402.1 - Definitions                                                         1402.101 Definitions.                                                            1402.170 Acronyms.    **Parent topic:**  SUBCHAPTER A - GENERALSubpart 1402.1 - Definitions    1402.101 Definitions.       As used in this part:          *Bureau procurement chief (BPC)* is defined as the senior GS-1102 official in a bureau or office. His/her authority may be delegated, unless specified otherwise, to the CCO. If the BPC is also the CO for an action requiring approval of the BPC, then approval shall be at the HCA level.          *Chief of the contracting office (CCO)* is defined as the senior GS-1102 within a contracting office unless otherwise specified by bureau/office regulation. If the CCO is also the Contracting Officer (CO) for an action requiring approval of the CCO, then approval shall be at a level above the CCO in accordance with bureau procedures.          *Contracting activity* is defined as an office with delegated procurement authority. Within the Office of the Secretary (OS), the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a contracting activity. The *National Business Center (NBC)* contracts for the OS.          *Head of the agency* (also called “agency head”) is defined as the Secretary of the Interior and the Assistant Secretary - *Policy, Management and Budget (AS/PMB).*          *Head of the contracting activity (HCA*) is defined as the assistant or associate administrative head of each bureau and office who has overall responsibility for managing contracting. In reference to the OS, the HCAs are the Assistant Inspector General for Management and Policy and the Director, NBC. The authority of the HCA may be redelegated to the BPC unless otherwise specified.          *Senior procurement executive* is defined as the Director, *Office of Acquisition and Property Management (PAM).*1402.170 Acronyms.       A&E Architect & Engineering          ACMIS Acquisition Career Management Information System          AMP Acquisition Manager's Partnership          AMR Acquisition Management Review          AS/PMB Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget          BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement          BPC Bureau Procurement Chief          CA Competition Advocate          CAAC Civilian Agency Acquisition Council          CAS Cost Accounting Standards          CASB Cost Accounting Standards Board          CBCA Civilian Board of Contract Appeals          CCO Chief of the Contracting Office          CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act          CFR Code of Federal Regulations          CIO Chief Information Officer          CO Contracting Officer          COA Certificate of Appointment          COI Conflicts of Interest          COR Contracting Officer's Representative          COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative          DISP Defense Industrial Security Program          DM Departmental Manual          DOI Department of the Interior          DOL Department of Labor          EC Electronic Commerce          FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation          FBMS Financial Business Management System          FPDS - NG Federal Procurement Data System - Next Generation          GAO Government Accountability Office          GIDEP Government-Industry Data Exchange Program          GPE Government Point of Entry          GPO Government Printing Office          GSA General Services Administration          GSBCA General Services Board of Contract Appeals          HCA Head of the Contracting Activity          IT Information Technology          IPMD Interior Property Management Directives          MBDA Minority Business Development Agency          OCIO Office of Chief Information Officer          OIG/IG Office of Inspector General/Inspector General          OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy          OHA Office of Hearings and Appeals          OMB Office of Management and Budget          OS Office of the Secretary          OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization          PAM Office of Acquisition and Property Management          PMO Property Management Officer          PNM Procurement Negotiation Memorandum          SAT Simplified Acquisition Threshold          SBA Small Business Administration          SBS Small Business Specialist          SOL Office of the Solicitor          TFM Treasury Financial Manual          U.S.C. United States Code          VECP Value Engineering Change Proposal
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