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Corduroy: Could you explain how another supports his/her belief that business development should be overhead?

I posted it to the Home Page for you last night.

Although well known now, SAM is being hacked for data. That too has probably been going on for years.

Why is this here? The link says 2016. What is the source of the video?

H2H: No! However, the 128 page document is from 2009. That's a long time ago when Netflix was in a differnt stage of development. I wonder what it looks like now. I don't think it is possible in the general government environment. However, there may be exceptions but they are probably hidden from public view.

The article is called: WHITHER INNOVATION?: WHY OPEN SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE MAY DELIVER ON THE FALSE PROMISE OF PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. (sorry for the caps)

From the user statistics for Wifcon.com, here is what I see: Usage of this site is reduced on Mondays and Fridays. Information on government websites is reduced on Mondays and Fridays. Fewer decisions and opinions are issued on Fridays. You can imagine what happens near holidays. The use of flexible schedules has had a clear effect on the government. The work isn't reduced, it is concentrated in fewer days. I took advantage of the flexible schedules too because the 2 hours it took to get to and from work were a waste of my time--and I was inside the beltway. I found that I could do more at home than I did at work. When pressed for time, I stayed home to get it done. My position is simple. If one's work allows a worker to stay at home and has no detrimental effect on the work, the employer should let the employees stay home and do the work. There is no need to move federal offices outside of the beltway as some political hacks suggest. A presidential candidate lost the White House because he didn't know how to text and didn't realize that the world had passed him by. That was a long time ago, already. I've worked for a virtual company and I've seen incredible profits earned by virtual companies owned by friends. People in my generation want to hold onto brick and mortar even after it has proven to be a burden. As shopping centers, movie theatres, and paper newspapers close down, Amazon thrives and continues to innovate. It's not just happening here, it's happening around the world. We can yip and yap about the value of flexible work hours but that is old news. I know there are organizations still behind the times. My advice is to look for an enlightened employer and seek employment with them. Who knows, maybe you can start a virtual business of your own. Some day, you will walk into your home office, turn on the office with a switch, and seamlessly begin communicating orally and visually with your counterparts. A few of us may be there now but I am not one of them--yet.

This month, Wifcon.com is 20 years old.

Randy: I haven't either but I'm still working at it.

This link takes one to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, Policy Directive, 2/24/14. If that one has been revised, let me know.

General: What is the expected dollar value of the procurement? How long to expiration of the current contract? Just for laughs, Who approves the contractor's invoices? Was this item truly developed by the contractor, and if claimed so by the program, how do they know? Who evaluates the contractor's performance? Edit: I added #3 about 30 minutes after I wrote the original text. I won't look at this topic again.

You posted your question during the weekend on Saturday and your second post was on Sunday. Although some members respond on weekends, most respond on work days.

I closed this topic and converted it to a poll with the same name. Whether you have anwsered them or haven't answered them, please complete the poll so Vern can have a complete poll. You can add any comments over there.

Vern asked the following question in a topic here.. I converted the topic question into a poll for him. Please answer Vern's questions in the poll and add any comments in the topic.

Go Ahead is satisfactory. I forgot to mention. When the poll is closed in the future I can move it back here. I can do it here.

Whatever is the wrong answer.

Vern: Your going to get a variety of answers. With a poll, you have a chance to get clean answers. I'm quite sure I can do it fairly easily. You might as well let me try to do it now.

Vern: Your question should have been a poll. A poll would have given you answers to your 3 questions without any text. If someone wanted to comment with text, they could have added it without affecting your poll results. Do you want this to be a poll? I think I can move your initial post over there and set up your poll myself.

I've tried something new for this category on Recommended Reading. The forum software allows Members to rate topics. I've decided to do it for this category. When you decide to add a rating to a topic, you are rating the Recommended Reading item and not anything else. I've rated this post 4 times. I think your last rating counts. We'll see how it works.

One of the advertisers here is the American Graduate University and they have specific Masters Degrees programs in contracting areas. Here is their catalog. I would check with someone that recruits for a corporation that you are familiar with and ask them what value they place on MBAs and JDs.

Is there a question here?

Vern said: I agree. Congress, through FASA, gave agencies a way out of a complicated selection process. Don't revert back to it. If a program wants a source selection for an order, ask them if they want the work to start next week or next year. That may shut them up. I have to go in a minute but one thing sticks out to me in the posts that I have read so far. It is the use of the words compete or competition in the award of an order under an IDIQ. I would use something similar to fair consideration of the IDIQ contractors. I apologize for being so brief on a complicated and controversial subject.

Joel: It sounds like a biased evaluation to me but I do not have concrete evidence to win a protest at GAO.

That is not why your posts were deleted.

I'm going to look at this topic tonight. I'm too busy now.