Comment on FR Doc # 2026-12559

Without a common public due date for ALL FAR Cases released and yet to be released there is a high probability for discrepancies, risks, and potential failures in the implementation by agencies, the acquisition workforce, and Government systems such as SAM.gov and agency contract writing systems. For example, a discrepancy may be found in FAR Case 2026-001 after the public comment closes but it not be known until a later case is published. We all know the FAR, and the RFO rewrite, is not a regulation with stove-piped or stand alone parts. As a former Contracting Officer, I know intimately that the FAR, and the RFO, parts feed off of each other and interact in many ways. How can we review those processes where interactions occur without the ability to see all parts simultaneously. It is unacceptable to expect the public to provide comments on over 1000 pages across four (4) rules, FAR Case 2026-001 incorporating seven (7) additional FAR cases that were not part of the RFO presently posted on acquisition.gov, and one of those seven (FAR Case 2019-018) has never been published for prior to public comment. This comment requests that the Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP), FAR Council, and OFPP reconsider the close of the public due date and create one common date for all FAR / RFO cases from the date of publications of the final RFO FAR Case -- including those yet to be released. This request is in the best interest of the public, the industrial base, and the Government.