jljordan Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 We are unable to get to the Hill AFB FAR website - and we are wondering if it is just our installation (Army) blocking us, or if it is just down in general. If you can get in, let me know! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retreadfed Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I have not been able to get in for several days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jljordan Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I just now was able to access the FAR there on my iPhone. Through WIFCON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy_Contracting_4 Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I just now was able to access the FAR there on my iPhone. Through WIFCON. Likewise, using the DFARS website link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvanpup Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 It is now 0730 Wed morning and I was able to get in directly (on an Air Force computer, did not have to go through anything). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
policyguy Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Use the GSA FAR site: http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ For DFARS use the DPAP site: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html I have found that the Hill AFB FAR site is unreliable and not always up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunaMSACM Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 I was finally able to get into the site this morning from my office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 I have always wondered what the advantage of using the Hill AFB site is over the official FAR site that has the FAR in both HTML and PDF formats. Can anyone provide good reasons I should use Hill AFB. I am a non DoD FED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vern Edwards Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 There is no good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob7947 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 You will notice that Hill carries other FAR Supplements also. What do they need with Education, Agriculture, etc.? When did they become part of the DoD? Its time to cut their budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mansfield Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 For DoD, one advantage is that the FARsite embeds the DoD class deviations in the text of the FAR/DFARS. Another advantage is that you can access both the FAR and DFARS from one site. Lastly, the DFARS on the FARSite is easier to navigate than the DFARS on the DPAP site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 For DoD, one advantage is that the FARsite embeds the DoD class deviations in the text of the FAR/DFARS. Another advantage is that you can access both the FAR and DFARS from one site. Lastly, the DFARS on the FARSite is easier to navigate than the DFARS on the DPAP site. I agree with Don. For quick lookups and for checking the FAR supplements I prefer using the Hill AFB site. The "keypad" on the left side of the screen and list of supplements are particularly convenient for this reviewer. Also - The eCFR site accessed through the WIFCON Regulations page, although it has many choices, is clunky compared with the Hill AFB site. I have tried the Acqnet link on the iPhone since yesterday, only to get a blank page with a vertical line on the left half of the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I just now tried the AcqNet link at the Regulations page, using an Apple computer with the same result (Friday, 14 March at 0923 PDT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 It may be because the site has an https URL, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vern Edwards Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 We should have one official FAR site for all of the government, with all of the agency FAR supps, the CAS, the court,board, GAO and other admin. tribunal decisions, and regulatory archives. If OFPP were worth the cost of its stationary, the Administrator would see to it that we have such a site. It's a needless expense to have two sites, and it can lead to missed updates and textual conflicts. There are ways to accommodate agency class deviations. And we could use a better search engine. Our government is getting to be as clunky as the government of some third rate country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desparado Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 For me, there are 3 personal preference reasons I prefer the Hill site. 1) The Hill site has better font size (helps as I get older) 2) I prefer the FARSearch on the Hill site to that of the acquisition.gov site. 3) The Hill site is better kept up-to-date than the acquisition.gov site. For example, there were some changes made to FAR Part 8 that were effective in January of this year. These changes showed up the first week in February on the Hill site and it wasn't on the acquisition.gov site for a couple of weeks after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I couldn't agree more with Vern. Maybe it’s just me, but does the idea seem like a satire that belongs in the jokes thread vice here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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