Regulation & law · 07/08/1996Updated: 10/18/2026 · 1 min read

FIRMR Provisions Relating to Government Telephone Systems and GSA Services Reestablished in FPMR

Summary

The Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) will retain certain telecommunications provisions from the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation (FIRMR), which were previously set to expire on August 7, 1996, due to the passage of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996.

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