2021-06-12 // day precision
When the FAR does not say you shall not
Posted by Dan Cary
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A Star Wars exchange contrasts a contracting specialist asking whether an action is legal with a contracting officer saying they will make it legal. The meme satirizes interpretations of regulatory silence; it is not legal guidance.
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Topics: Early Years, June 2021, FAR interpretation, contracting officers, contracting specialists