41 CFR § 102-194.25 - What is an automated Standard or Optional format?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s102-194.25"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 102-194.25 - What is an automated Standard or Optional format?"
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "102-194.25"
section_name: "What is an automated Standard or Optional format?"
chapter_number: 102
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "102-194"
part_name: "194—STANDARD AND OPTIONAL FORMS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 U.S.C. 486(c)."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 48358, Sept. 20, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "102-194"
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# 102-194.25 What is an automated Standard or Optional format?

An automated Standard or Optional format is an electronic version of the officially prescribed form containing the same data elements and used for the electronic transaction of information in lieu of using a Standard or Optional form.