MES IT StandardsRFI 269888
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Appendix A: Question Cross-Reference

The table below maps each RFI question to the recommendations that address it. Questions marked No response are outside my direct experience.

QuestionRecommendations
SA-1X4 (modularity misuse; replaceability test)
SA-2X3 (frameworks vs delivery conditions)
SA-3C2 (flexibility and waiver front door); X3
SA-4S7 (production-like testability as definition of done)
SA-5S2 (lead time to learn); S8 (fund small); X7 (assessment at ATO)
SA-6S3 (responsive standards function); S10 (learning slices); C2 (participation in delivery)
SA-7S1 (horizons model; decommissioning as outcome)
SA-8S1 (workforce learns by shipping); S10 (skills built inside slices)
SA-9S7 (accumulated test data and interfaces); S9 (person identifier)
SA-10S5 (challenge-based procurement); S2 (lead time); S8 (fund small)
SA-11No response
SA-12No response
SA-13No response
SA-14No response
V-1X5 (upfront correctness); X6 (COTS as lever)
V-2S5 (low-barrier continuous competition)
V-3S6 (performance filtering); S7 (test capability); C1 (certification evidence from working systems)
V-4S5 (vendor engagement through demonstration)
V-5S6 (value relative to cost, tracked as trendlines)
V-6X4 (replaceability test); C3 (IP and open publication)
V-7X7 (assessment at ATO; open adversarial review)
V-8No response
V-9S4 (AI-built software); S6 (AI and proposal signal collapse)
V-10S2 (lead time); S10 (slices); X5 (upfront correctness)
V-11No response
SE-1S4 (build economics); X6 (COTS assumptions)
SE-2S3 (responsive standards function); C2; X1
SE-3S10 (standards from cross-domain slices)
SE-4S1 (Horizon 2 minus pattern); S10 (environment absorption); X1; X2; X5; X6
SE-5C1 (trendline outcome measures); X2 (service-level outcomes)
SE-6No response
SE-7S3 (consent designed at the point of work)
SE-8S4 (standards lifecycle vs product landscape); X3 (living standards vs documents); X7
SE-9S9 (anonymous person identifier; login.gov)