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Not So Fast – GSA Implements New SAM Registration Requirements After Fraudulent Activity

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 04.17.18

Following fraudulent activity in the System for Award Management (SAM), the General Services Administration (GSA) is implementing new requirements for registration in SAM.  Effective March 22, 2018, new entities to SAM are now required to submit a notarized letter identifying their authorized Entity Administrator before a new SAM registration is activated, and beginning April 27, 2018, entities with existing SAM registrations will also be required to submit this notarized letter to confirm the authorized Entity Administrator before current SAM registrations are updated or renewed.

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