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Me and Sam

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August 28, 2012
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Me and Sam

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

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August 28, 2012
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Transcript

  1. Registering on SAM.gov Tuesday, August 28, 12

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  12. My first point of confusion- now what? Tuesday, August 28,

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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

  40. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  41. I have no idea Tuesday, August 28, 12

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  43. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  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,

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  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

  51. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  52. information technology: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12

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  55. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  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,

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  66. I’ll have to look these up... Tuesday, August 28, 12

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  71. Tuesday, August 28, 12

  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,

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  77. And so I eventually gave up. Tuesday, August 28, 12