(a) The AFARS is issued under the authority of FAR 1.301 and DFARS 201.304 by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) (ASA(ALT)).
(b) The Army has been assigned Chapter 51 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Supplements to the FAR issued by the Army must insert the number “51” before the primary citation. If the primary citation is to a single digit part number, a zero is also inserted.
(c) When a proposed policy, procedure, clause, or form must be published in the Federal Register, the proposed notice should be formatted in accordance with DFARS 201.402(2) and DFARS 201.201-1(d)(i) and sent with the request for approval in accordance with 5101.304(a)(2) or the request for deviation in accordance with 5101.402.
(i) The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement (ODASA(P)) is the point of contact to coordinate the proposed notice, forward it to the Federal Register, answer questions, and receive public comments. At the close of the public comment period, the ODASA(P) will send all comments received to the originator of the notice for analysis.
(ii) When the analysis is completed, the originator must -
(A) Send an updated request for deviation in accordance with 5101.402; or
(B) Send an updated request for approval (which does not involve a deviation) in accordance with 5101.304(a)(2); and
[AFARS Revision #21, dated May 22, 2007]
