As one of the two primary exclusion screening lists against which federal contractors are required to check routinely, the health care industry relies on the accuracy of SAM.gov database to make hiring and retention deci...
ALERT: Data Discrepancies in GSA’s SAM.gov?
August 16, 2021
The regular screening of federal lists for individuals who are ineligible to participate in federal contracts is required of all federal healthcare contractors. The OIG and SAM lists, as they are commonly called, are the...
SAM.gov Continues to Evolve
March 1, 2021
Since 2017, the General Services Agency’s (GSA) Integrated Award Environment program office has been working to consolidate all related procurement tools into a single modernized online environment. The GSA manages fed...
Differences Between the OIG’s LEIE and GSA’s SAM Exclusion Lists
January 11, 2021
EXCLUSION LISTS DEMYSTIFIED Federal and state exclusion lists abound. There are two primary federal lists, which are addressed in this article, but to there are many other lists that should be considered when screenin...
Last Name Null Causing Database Confusion
October 10, 2018
Databases have long had difficulty displaying the name Null. That is because database systems are wired to read this as a value or more accurately, the non-value “null”. It is deeply ingrained in their programming co...
