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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
jedwood
August 28, 2012
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Transcript
Registering on SAM.gov Tuesday, August 28, 12
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My first point of confusion- now what? Tuesday, August 28,
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Maybe the FAQs will help... Tuesday, August 28, 12
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Plenty of things required that I don’t know Tuesday, August
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Starting with my DUNS number Tuesday, August 28, 12
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Call or email? A little weird, but okay. Tuesday, August
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Hey at least they warned me. Tuesday, August 28, 12
While I wait for a response, I’ll carry on. Tuesday,
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5 relatively painless steps later Tuesday, August 28, 12
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(OT: exactly 9 characters, no special chars. That’s a password
cracker’s dream.) Tuesday, August 28, 12
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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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I have no idea Tuesday, August 28, 12
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I don’t know what that means, but sure Tuesday, August
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Vaguely recall NAICS, but don’t know mine. Tuesday, August 28,
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software development: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
web design: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
application development: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
Internets: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
computer: bingo! Tuesday, August 28, 12
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information technology: nope. Tuesday, August 28, 12
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Then sam.gov went down for a little while... Tuesday, August
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Oops. Not sure how I did that. Tuesday, August 28,
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I’ll have to look these up... Tuesday, August 28, 12
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Hmm, phone wasn’t marked as required. Tuesday, August 28, 12
Or “facsimile” as we used to call them. Tuesday, August
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N/A to me (luckily) Tuesday, August 28, 12
I reviewed all my info and clicked Submit... Tuesday, August
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But could never get past this point. Tuesday, August 28,
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And so I eventually gave up. Tuesday, August 28, 12