{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-432.001","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 432.001","heading":"432.001 Definitions.","body":"Agency contract finance office is the office, other than the office of the requisitioner, providing funding or performing funding record keeping for the contract action.\nHead of agency. For the purposes of this part, head of the agency means, exclusively, the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary.\nRemedy coordination official (RCO). The USDA RCO is the Assistant Secretary for Administration.\nResponsible fiscal authority is that officer in the agency contract finance office with the responsibility to ensure that adequate funds are available and usable for the intended purpose.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 4—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER E—GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS","PART 432—CONTRACT FINANCING"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"6bb4b98ff5668c13bc5eff32bdc9ca43609c4db732dd0937b1d3f917ac5ba8b2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-431.101","next":"us/48-cfr-432.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}