48 CFR § 4.701 - 4.701 Purpose.

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title: "48 CFR § 4.701 - 4.701   Purpose."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "4.701"
section_name: "4.701   Purpose."
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chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
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# 4.701 4.701   Purpose.

The purpose of this subpart is to generally describe records retention requirements and to allow reductions in the retention period for specific classes of records under prescribed circumstances.