Discussion 1 "Why Sell to the Government" Please respond to the following: Describe certain key advantages of selling goods and services to the U.S. government. Determine the single most significant advantage of selling goods and services to the government and explain why.Not every business owner wants to sell or provide a service to the U.S. government. Determine certain key disadvantages of selling a service to the U.S. government and explain why. Discussion 2 "The Purchasing Power of the U.S. Government " Please respond to the following: Assess the differences between government and commercial contracting outlined in Chapter 1 in order to determine the biggest hindrance to getting more people engaged in contracting with the government. Support your response.Not every business owner contracts with the government. Imagine you are in a purchasing role for the government. Assess the situation and then recommend three to five ways in which you could entice more people to become engaged in contracting with the government.Discussion 3 "Buy American Act" Please respond to the following: Determine three to five advantages the Buy American Act provides to small or large businesses that sell domestic items.Determine two to four disadvantages of Buy American Act provides to small or large businesses that sell to the government. Speculate on why so many companies still sell to the government in spite of these disadvantages. Include an example to support your response. Discussion 4 "Contracting Officers" Please respond to the following: Determine the four major types of contracting officers and analyze how they differ in scope and responsibility from one another.Analyze the type of value that each of the four contracting offers provide. Support your analysis.Discussion 5 "The Small Business Act " Please respond to the following: Take a position on whether the government does enough to encourage contracting with small businesses. Provide a rationale for your position.Suppose you have been working with the federal government for a period of time and become a large company. Assess your situation and formulate a plan to continue to operate as a small business which contracts with the government.Analyze whether the rules for allowing a growing company to fall under the Small Business Act are fair. Justify your response. Discussion 6 "The Small Business Set-Asides and Preference Programs" Please respond to the following: From the e-Activity, analyze how the government uses set-asides and preference programs to encourage small businesses to obtain and perform government contracts. Provide at least two examples or scenarios of when government should offer set-asides and preference contracts to small businesses.Of the many different ways a company can qualify for small business preference programs, select one that you believe would be best for a small business of your choice in your community. Explain your selection.Discussion 7 "Evaluating a Contract Proposal and Government Contract" From the internet, research and select a government contract that interests you. Provide a link to the contract in your discussion. Examine the contract and evaluate the effectiveness of the contract. If you believe it is an outstanding government contract, what are the specific parts of the contract that make it such an outstanding government contract? If it is a “bad” contract, what would you have changed and why? Be sure to support your response with specifics from the reading. Discussion 8 "The General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Contract" Research and analyze an example of a GSA contract. What are the specific details of your example that make it GSA compliant? Based on your analysis, are the requirements regarding winning GSA contracts as outlined in the reading too onerous? Select at least two (2) areas that you believe could be improved and explain why. Discussion 9 "Fairness of Obtaining a Government Contract" Evaluate the level of fairness of the overall process of obtaining a government contract. If you have decided the process is fair, explain what makes it so. However, if you have opined that the process is not fair, explain ways the process could be improved. Analyze how ethical pitfalls affect the process of obtaining a government contract. Provide one (1) example or scenario to support your analysis. Be sure to support your argument with details and specifics. Discussion 10 Please respond to the following: Think about a time when you were part of a staffing process. Describe the situation using as many details as possible. Then, recommend three (3) areas in which the staffing process could have been improved. Justify your answer. Discussion 11 Please respond to the following: Select two (2) out of the five (5) discussion questions presented on page 37 of your textbook. Answer your chosen questions, and justify your answers. Discussion 12Please respond to the following: Select two (2) out of the five (5) discussion questions presented on page 37 of your textbook. Answer your chosen questions, and justify your answers. 1. What are potential problems with having a staffing process in which vacancies are filled (1) on a first come-first hired basis among job applicants?2. why is it important for the organization to view all components of staffing (recruitment, selection, and employment) from the perspective of the job applicant.3. Would it be desirable to hire people only according to the person/organization match, ignoring the person/job match?4. What are examples of how staffing activities are influenced by training activities? Compensation activities?5. Are some of the 13 strategic staffing decisions more important than others? If so, which ones? Why? Discussion 13 Please respond to the following: Go to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website and select one (1) case from the list. Then, assess the major federal provision that was violated. Recommend at least three (3) action steps to avoid making a similar violation as hiring manager.