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2021-07-14 // day precision

The accepted PWS and the contract about to crash

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

Mr. Burns labeled a salty, vindictive and bald CO watches a new contract about to crash and burn, balanced on a mission partner’s poor but accepted PWS.
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Mr. Burns watches a precarious contract supported by a poorly written but accepted performance work statement. The cartoon criticizes both requirement quality and a vindictive contracting attitude; no real officer is identified. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments No comments were visible at the October 15, 2026 review. Coverage: No comments yet was visible at review. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, PWS, requirements, mission-partners, early-years