I like how a 24 character password is automatically insecure, while a 16 character one is not... dumb password validation...
Yeah, sorry about that. You have to pick your battles in gov IT.
American Energy Data Challenge
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Re: American Energy Data Challenge
#22Seriously, even if no real or scalable solutions are ever provided, the government should hand out 10s of 1000s of business challenges and prizes every year... By having every government department list it's internal data and issues. Your job would be to improve the processes, and/or solve the issues. It wouldn't cost that much (the price of healthcare.gov website + a couple of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters), and would…
Some of my Innovation Fellow colleagues at GSA are trying to do just that: making it easier for modern, small web development shops to apply for government IT contracts. Check it out: https://rfpez.sba.gov/
I'm getting a ton of errors trying to register for RFPEZ. Everything from timeouts to 500 server errors. Feels like the Healthcare.gov issue all over again.
Also, why would one need to "provide a link to an image of your best work"? That seems very contrary to the point of procurement - especially given that so little of the opportunities are for actual design work. Furthermore, how does one link to work performed on an intranet, etc. (as most government work is)?
Seems like it needs to be thought out a little better. Is the "best work" link part of the selection criteria? How does this work with FAR requirements or simplify the RFP/RFQ process?
Re: American Energy Data Challenge
#23Nice idea but the pay isn't high enough to get my ideas.
Re: American Energy Data Challenge
#24interesting older guy in the youtube video
Re: American Energy Data Challenge
#25"The Contest is open only to: (a) citizens or permanent residents of the United States" If you are a foreign hacker in US on TN or H1B or something like that, don't bother.
> and (b) private entities, such as corporations or other organizations, that are incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States.
That’s not hard.
Re: American Energy Data Challenge
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some of my Innovation Fellow colleagues at GSA are trying to do just that: making it easier for modern, small web development shops to apply for government IT contracts. Check it out: https://rfpez.sba.gov/
I'm getting a ton of errors trying to register for RFPEZ. Everything from timeouts to 500 server errors. Feels like the Healthcare.gov issue all over again. Also, why would one need to "provide a link to an image of your best work"? That seems very contrary to the point of procurement - especially given that so little of the opportunities are for actual design work. Furthermore, how does one link to work performed on…
Hey USNetizen: want to email rfpez@gsa.gov with some of your issues? The team is good, but very small and I know they would love your feedback.