US Federal Contractor Registration Ripoff - Completely Unnecessary $599 Registration Fee, Internet

This is just to warn anyone that was formerly registered under Central Contractor Registration (CCR) that will be renewing under the new System of Award Management (SAM).  SAM (www.sam.gov) is the official government site.  There are several companies that will do this work for you.  The problem is, it took me just as long to update my governmental entity's information as it would to fill out the info required by these companies. 

US Federal Contractor Registration charges $599 for this service!  My assistant spoke with John Wayne II of USFCR.  She stated that he spoke very fast and used tons of acronyms (an obvious attempt to confuse her).  She then came to me and after some research, I found the correct government site.  USFCR's site has an official look to it and they want to charge you $599 to do something that took me all of ten minutes!  

This is a scam and there are many people that will fall for it because they make it sound like the shift from CCR to SAM is some big deal.  It is simply a migration of data from the old system to the new system.  All you have to do is verify your information.  And if you have to register, that's easy enough as well.  Do not fall for paying any money when you can perform this task for free on the government's official website!!