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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 contributed.

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Leaving plenty of qualified people in the 4%, and avoiding a "government gives our jobs to India" PR disaster.

But if won by an Afghani or Iraqi it could be a PR win.

This 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.

Not necessarily. How hard would it be to find an American person to collaborate with who can represent the group?

Not hard. Email me. (Do I get a bonus for veteran status? :D )

Same here. As a user of the VA system this is very much needed and only the tip of the iceberg.

User as in, you're a veteran, or you work for the VA? What problems do you see with the current system?

Assuming 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).

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