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Title 48 CFR: Federal Acquisition Regulations System › Chapter 1 › Part 4 › Subpart 4.7 › § 4.701: Purpose.

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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.

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