---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 5.502"
title: "48"
number: "5.502"
heading: "Authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/5.502"
---

# §5.502. Authority.

- (a) **Newspapers.** Authority to approve the publication of paid advertisements in newspapers is vested in the head of each agency ([44 U.S.C. 3702](/usc/44/3702.md)). This approval authority may be delegated ([5 U.S.C. 302 (b)](/usc/5/302.md?p=b)). Contracting officers shall obtain written authorization in accordance with agency procedures before advertising in newspapers.
- (b) **Other media.** Unless the agency head determines otherwise, advance written authorization is not required to place advertisements in media other than newspapers.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42119, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.