# 501.171-1 GSA orders and handbooks.

1. (a) Heads of contracting activities (HCA’s) may issue internal agency guidance, as described in FAR 1.301(a)(2), in the form of a GSA order or handbook.

2. (b) GSA orders and handbooks must not unnecessarily repeat, paraphrase, or otherwise restate the FAR, GSAR, or GSAM.

3. (c) The handbook, Writing GSA Internal Directives (OAD P 1832.3B), prescribes policies and procedures for issuing GSA orders and handbooks.