| Most good Americans wish to help their country and | | | | Regarding sending in information to the US |
| when we are at war, they wish to give support to | | | | government, NASA, DARPA, AFRL, Naval Research, |
| our countrymen and women in "harms way," but | | | | IARPA, NSA, etc. Well, sure, you can do this, many |
| how is the question. What do you do if you wish to | | | | inventors and innovators do this all the time and |
| give an excellent idea to the military or any | | | | often these innovators see their innovations hit the |
| government agency for that matter? | | | | agency's list for requests for solicitation, invitations to |
| Well, you might find it is almost impossible to get | | | | bid or BAAs, which is kind of cool, at least folks are |
| information into the system. Often if you contact a | | | | listening, but it seems there should be an easier way |
| Federal Agency via the Internet or by phone they tell | | | | for folks to GIVE information to the government. |
| you to go and fill out a form on their website, and | | | | After all, it's our government and it's kind of ridiculous |
| there is another section "doing business with this | | | | and arrogant for the government to believe they |
| agency," and how to get funding through the SBA, | | | | know everything and no one in the public is smart |
| but what if you just want to give them information? | | | | enough to think of any new ideas. In fact, |
| After all, who says the person trying to give | | | | bureaucracy is a bad environment for thinking and |
| information to the government wants to start a | | | | innovating. Finally, innovators know from personal |
| business, maybe they just want to GIVE information, | | | | experience that since their ideas and concepts are |
| and if they do wish to do business maybe they have | | | | ending up solicitations later on after sending them in, |
| funding and do not need an SBA loan? Maybe they | | | | that these ideas generated from them are valuable |
| are just trying to help the system, their country; but | | | | to the government and military. Something to think |
| instead they are dumped off into the line of | | | | on? |
| bureaucracy, what a waste? | | | | |