Talk:System for Award Management

Semi-protected edit request on 28 March 2014
This is a request to add content, not to delete any content. Please consider adding the following details about a valuable, national, no-cost resource available to any business that needs assistance in accomplishing SAM registration (right now, the posting contains a description of "US Federal Contractor Registration" which charges a $599 fee to assist with SAM registration):

Procurement Technical Assistance Centers

Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) -- located in all 50 states, plus Guam, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia -- provide expert, no-cost assistance to any business needing help with the SAM registration process. PTACs are funded, in part, by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), a unit of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Individual PTACs are hosted by state governments, colleges and universities, local economic development organizations, and others. It is the mission of the PTAC program to assist businesses with all aspects of government contracting, and DLA maintains a directory of PTACs at http://www.dla.mil/smallbusiness/pages/ptap.aspx. PTACs are members of the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC). APTAC posts several resources on the SAM registration process at http://www.aptac-us.org/sam-registration and a PTAC member directory at http://www.aptac-us.org. Advice about the SAM registration process, posted by a typical PTAC can be found at http://gtpac.org/2013/10/sam-gov-registration-is-free-and-sam-help-is-available-at-no-charge-too.

GTPAC (talk) 18:48, 28 March 2014 (UTC)


 * To be honest, I don't see much value in adding any 3rd party contractor, as that isn't really to focus of the article. I'm inclined to remove US Federal Contractor Registration on the grounds that Wikipedia is not a directory, unless there's a good reason not to. At the moment, the mention comes across as very promotional, and it creates a situation where we may need to list all 3rd party groups. - Bilby (talk) 06:53, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: I concur with Bilby. Sam Sailor Sing 09:21, 1 April 2014 (UTC)


 * It has been a couple of weeks, and there's been no objection - so I've also removed US Federal Contractor Registration from the page. It felt promotional, and I can't see a good argument as to why we should list third party registers. - Bilby (talk) 04:36, 15 April 2014 (UTC)