​General topics discussed at this week's session as well as any helpful links are provided below:

1) On April 4, 2022, the unique entity identifier changed from the DUNS Number to the Unique Entity ID, which is generated by SAM.gov.  A company's old DUNS Number and its new Unique Entity ID are not linked, and you cannot use the old DUNS number to find the new Unique Entity ID associated with the company. SAM.gov | Home

2) Weekly Protest of Power – Protest was sustained where the agency unreasonably found a protester's proposal unacceptable based on the failure to submit a password prior to the proposal due date to decrypt a required document in the proposal.  GAO found the encrypted document related solely to responsibility and the agency had both the document and the password in its possession prior to evaluating the protester's proposal. Chags Health Information Technology, LLC | U.S. GAO

Article, "Source Selection: Communicating with Offerors." Defense AT&L Article July-August 2007

3) DAU Resources on Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC):

Acquipedia Article, which provides references, policies, DAU courses, and related articles - https://www.dau.edu/acquipedia/pages/articledetails.aspx#!735

DAU Webcast Series - https://www.dau.edu/training/career-development/logistics/blog/DAU-Cybersecurity-Maturity-Model-CMMC-Webcast-Series 

CCYB 002 Cybersecurity for Program Managers Credential - https://icatalog.dau.edu/onlinecatalog/CredentialConceptCard.aspx?crs_id=9

4) TEDx DAU will be held June 8, 2022 and you can register on the DAU website now https://www.dau.edu/tedxdau/pages/home.aspx