The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) contains the uniform policies and procedures for acquisitions by executive agencies of the federal government. The FAR is issued and maintained by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The July 2014 CCH Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) reproduces the FAR and all amendments to the regulations issued prior to July 1, 2014, along with an easy-to-use topical index. Sources of the amended text are listed in brackets along with the date of issuance and the effective date for all sections changed since the initial text of FAR appeared in the Federal Register of September 19, 1983. The July 2014 FAR contains all of the changes made since January 1, 2014, including topics such as: 3 Federal Acquisition Circulars 9 Final Rules 2 Interim Rules 1 Correction Plus, current coverage of: Contractor comment period, past performance evaluations Implementation of statutes or Executive Orders--commercial items contracts Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool items Contracting with women-owned small business concerns Limitation on allowable government contractor compensation costs Service contract reporting requirements Commercial and government entity codes Expansion of applicability of senior executive compensation benchmark Defense Base Act Positive law codification of USC Title 41 Repeal of Recovery Act reporting requirements