7 CFR § 2500.025 - Procedures to minimize or eliminate duplication of effort.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s2500.025"
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title: "7 CFR § 2500.025 - Procedures to minimize or eliminate duplication of effort."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "2500.025"
section_name: "Procedures to minimize or eliminate duplication of effort."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "2500"
part_name: "OAO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS—GENERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 6934, 7 U.S.C. 2279."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 66170, Oct. 26, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2500"
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# 2500.025 Procedures to minimize or eliminate duplication of effort.

OAO may implement appropriate business processes to minimize or eliminate the awarding of Federal assistance to projects that unnecessarily duplicate activities already being sponsored under other awards, including awards made by other Federal agencies.