Government contractors along with grant recipients and managers who use the System for Award Management, more commonly known as SAM.gov, are seeing changes to the free database’s login and registration process.
These changes, implemented by the General Services Administration (GSA), come as a result of alleged fraudulent activity in SAM.
According to the SAM.gov website:
“The measures GSA already put in place to help prevent improper activity in SAM include masking specific data elements in the entity registration even for authorized entity users; requiring ‘parent’ approval of new registrations for their ‘child’ entities; and requiring the formal appointment of the Entity Administrator by original, signed notarized letter. Additional enhanced controls have been deployed. These controls include implementing multi-factor authentication using login.gov and notifying Entity Administrators when there is a change in the entity’s bank account information.”
Visit the GSA’s SAM.gov FAQ page for information on:
New login process
Notarized letter process changes
Enhanced security controls
Alleged fraudulent activity in SAM.gov
If you have questions about SAM.gov, or about managing federal contracts or grants, contact us online or call 800.899.4623.