Many topics are "wired." The solicitation is written with a contractor in mind but it has to be opened for competition.
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All this talk of "why couldn't we prevent it or detect it" is a side effect of not even trying, instead funneling money to rich dudes.
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SBIR success stories are few and far between. We have pissed away hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars and gotten no return.
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All of that money could have been used to actually protect our digital infrastructure. Instead it's in white dudes' second homes.
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Here's a typical cybersecurity solicitation from the Air Force from the latest round. What the fuck are they even asking for???pic.twitter.com/0fOUvfnJt7
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"The focus of this research is on reconfiguration in the infrastructure of the application." Why are these English words in this order?
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Replying to @alexandertmills @EmilyGorcenski
It has a lot of buzzwords, but they describe exactly what they're doing with the correct lingo in a very concise format. Normal grant app.
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The reason that SBIR apps seem baffling is because they're modeled on academic research, which is designed for highly specialized eyes only.
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For the experts that the DoD would hire for a particular category, every word in this application has a clearly defined meaning.
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Strictly false. Source: did this for a decade.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @alexandertmills
I suppose my radar is calibrated for academic grants, so my intuition is off. Sorry about that.
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