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"If an individual, an entrant must be a citizen of or permanent resident of the United States". You have already lost 96% of contestants who could have contribu
by hackinghabits 14y ago
"If an individual, an entrant must be a citizen of or permanent resident of the United States". You have already lost 96% of contestants who could have contributed.
- crusso 14y agoNot necessarily. How hard would it be to find an American person to collaborate with who can represent the group?
- BrainScraps 14y agoNot hard. Email me. (Do I get a bonus for veteran status? :D )
- erva 14y agoSame here. As a user of the VA system this is very much needed and only the tip of the iceberg.
- DennisP 14y agoUser as in, you're a veteran, or you work for the VA? What problems do you see with the current system?
- lemming 14y agoAssuming I understand the conditions, you can apply either as an individual (in which case you have to be either a citizen or PR) or an incorporated entity. Shame, I have a lot of spare time and I'd be up for an interesting project (not sure if this qualifies, I've only skimmed it).
- ceejayoz 14y agoLeaving plenty of qualified people in the 4%, and avoiding a "government gives our jobs to India" PR disaster.
- autoreverse 14y agoBut if won by an Afghani or Iraqi it could be a PR win.
- USNetizen 14y agoThis is required by federal law. Contractors are required to reside in the US or be a US citizen. There is no outsourcing in the federal government for obvious security, quality, and political reasons. It is one of the reasons that while many large tech companies are/were laying off gobs of people in their US divisions the survivors were notably for the most part working on government contracts.