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[DEPRECATED] An open API server, data import tools, and sample apps to help small businesses search for opportunities to work with the U.S. government.
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Search differences between FBO and FBOpen #60

Closed mshoag closed 10 years ago

mshoag commented 10 years ago

When I search for "Drupal" on FBO.gov I get a few results. When I search for "Drupal" in FBOpen I get zero results.

marks commented 10 years ago

@mshoag this may or may not be what's happening for you but FBO, by default, only shows open solicitations. Try this URL, https://fbopen.gsa.gov/?q=drupal&show_closed=on&show_noncompeted=on&data_source=FBO&naics=&parent_only=&p=, for a search of opportunities on FBO that have closed and/or were not competed.

leahbannon commented 10 years ago

Great question - and @marks is right - we are filtering to show only open solicitations, and those results showing up on FBO.gov are not currently open solicitations.

arowla commented 10 years ago

To access those options via the FBOpen user interface: once you do a keyword search and get to the results page, you can click to expand the "Advanced" search options on the left column. From there, you can check the "show closed" box and redo the search to see the closed solicitations.

mshoag commented 10 years ago

Fantastic. Thanks for the quick analysis and explanation.