Me and Sam

Some screenshots of my experience in trying to register my small business with sam.gov

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1. Registering on SAM.gov Tuesday, August 28, 12
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12. My first point of confusion- now what? Tuesday, August 28, 12
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15. Maybe the FAQs will help... Tuesday, August 28, 12
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18. Plenty of things required that I don’t know Tuesday, August 28, 12
19. Starting with my DUNS number Tuesday, August 28, 12
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21. Call or email? A little weird, but okay. Tuesday, August 28, 12
22. Hey at least they warned me. Tuesday, August 28, 12
23. While I wait for a response, I’ll carry on. Tuesday, August 28, 12
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29. 5 relatively painless steps later Tuesday, August 28, 12
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33. (OT: exactly 9 characters, no special chars. That’s a password cracker’s dream.) Tuesday, August 28, 12
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39. This was one of the most surprising requests. Unless I knew I was destined for a contract, I would not have continued. Tuesday, August 28, 12
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41. I have no idea Tuesday, August 28, 12
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44. I don’t know what that means, but sure Tuesday, August 28, 12
45. Vaguely recall NAICS, but don’t know mine. Tuesday, August 28, 12
46. software development: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
47. web design: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
48. application development: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
49. Internets: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
50. computer: bingo! Tuesday, August 28, 12
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52. information technology: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
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56. Then sam.gov went down for a little while... Tuesday, August 28, 12
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65. Oops. Not sure how I did that. Tuesday, August 28, 12
66. I’ll have to look these up... Tuesday, August 28, 12
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72. Hmm, phone wasn’t marked as required. Tuesday, August 28, 12
73. Or “facsimile” as we used to call them. Tuesday, August 28, 12
74. N/A to me (luckily) Tuesday, August 28, 12
75. I reviewed all my info and clicked Submit... Tuesday, August 28, 12
76. But could never get past this point. Tuesday, August 28, 12
77. And so I eventually gave up. Tuesday, August 28, 12