{"data":{"id":"us/2-cfr-180.125","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 CFR 180.125","heading":"What is the purpose of the nonprocurement debarment and suspension system?","body":"(a) To protect the public interest, the Federal Government ensures the integrity of Federal programs by conducting business only with responsible persons.\n(b) A Federal agency uses the nonprocurement debarment and suspension system to exclude persons who are not presently responsible from Federal programs.\n(c) An exclusion is a serious action that a Federal agency may take only to protect the public interest. A Federal agency may not exclude a person or commodity for the purposes of punishment.","path":["Title 2—Federal Financial Assistance","Subtitle A—Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET GOVERNMENT-WIDE GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE","PART 180—OMB GUIDELINES TO AGENCIES ON GOVERNMENT-WIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-2.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:42Z","sha256":"3dad222c3a9167410b5028abd26b2e520a452da55a231468995e9836f08f32c5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/2-cfr-180.120","next":"us/2-cfr-180.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}