---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 101-30.102"
title: "41"
number: "101-30.102"
heading: "Objectives."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/101-30.102"
---

# §101-30.102. Objectives.


The objectives of the Federal cataloging program are:

- (a) To provide for the maintenance of a uniform Federal supply catalog system and the conversion to and exclusive use of this system by all Federal agencies.
- (b) To name, describe, identify, classify, and number each item of personal property to be included in the Federal Catalog System so that the same items will have a single Federal item identification within and among the organizational elements of all Federal agencies.
- (c) To collect, maintain, and publish such Federal catalog data and related supply management data as may be determined necessary or desirable to reflect such benefits to supply management as:
  - (1) Assistance in standardization of supplies and equipment;
  - (2) Disclosure of interchangeability and substitutability of items;
  - (3) Reduction in inventories of stock and increased rates of turnover;
  - (4) Increase in vendor competition and broader sources of supply;
  - (5) Provision of data for determining the most effective and economical method of item management on a Federal agency systemwide basis;
  - (6) Enhance item entry control;
  - (7) Facilitation of better interagency and intra-agency use of supplies, equipment, and excess stocks, and more exact identification of surplus personal property; and
  - (8) **Assistance in providing precise statistics for budget and financial accounting purposes.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[29 FR 16004, Dec. 1, 1964, as amended at 36 FR 20292, Oct. 20, 1971; 41 FR 11308, Mar. 18, 1976]

### Source

Source: 29 FR 16004, Dec. 1, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390; 40 U.S.C. 486(c).

### Amendments

[29 FR 16004, Dec. 1, 1964, as amended at 36 FR 20292, Oct. 20, 1971; 41 FR 11308, Mar. 18, 1976]