Things may improve this year, when the G.S.A. is to merge the two separate contractor databases into one as part of a bigger move to consolidate all of the different systems — nine of them!
Even if we ignore the fact that Lockheed Martin sits at No 1 on the Pogo Federal Contractor Misconduct database, with more than 50 alleged cases of corruption, fraud, bribery, environmental damage and discrimination, there's worse to come.
"We've taken the first step — registering on the C.C.R.," Ms. Simon said, referring to the government's Central Contractor Registration database, which requires information like the company's taxpayer identification number from the Internal Revenue Service and determines the firm's areas of expertise under a system of six-digit codes.
(http://tiny.cc/JWuUg) Currently, there are 5,126 small businesses registered to do business with the federal government in the State of Alabama, according to the Central Contractor Registration database.
I contacted DOE spokesperson Jen Stuntsman, who told me Wojick was actually a part-time computer database contractor who "has never advised or conducted research for the Department on climate change or any other scientific topic".
Register yourself or your company in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database.
Florida employed database contractors to remove voters from the voting rolls when their names appeared to be those of ex-felons, despite warnings that the innocent were being purged along with the guilty.
The service launched this March with over 2.5 million contractors in its database, which was built using public record data from state licensing boards, as well as select data from the Better Business Bureau.
In Afghanistan, where partner vetting already exists, they are not; it is the responsibility of NGOs to collect, verify and submit information on individuals and sub-contractors to the database.
Wanted: A contractor to create a database of journalists, bloggers and influencers for the Department of Homeland Security.
