Elaine said,

>A delighted faculty member has just received a small contract to do a study for
>the IRS.  This is my first exposure to the tax folks as a SOURCE of revenue
>rather than a destination for it.  So far so good.  Sort of.  HOWEVER, the
>contact person appears to ignore both voice mail and (her preferred) fax
>communication, as the faculty member warned me and I have confirmed.  I would
>appreciate hearing from someone who has worked with this funding source, who
>maybe can help me begin to ferret out essential information, such as the source
>of the "clauses" named, with page numbers, on a badly copied two-page form with
>no evidence of what it is citing from, and provide some counsel on "Protest
>After Award" (one of the clauses... and I might want to protest, if I could get
>anybody to answer the fax/phone).
>

Interesting to hear that your contact is acting like some IRS agents
taxpayers have to deal with.  What I have found successful is to obtain the
organizational structure of the section with which you are dealing,
especially the immediate supervisors of your contact person.  Get name,
position, address, fax and Phone #'s.  Give your contact person one last
chance, then politely contact his/her supervisor.  That usually works to get
a response.

Larry Wiley
Revitalization for Professionals International
368 W. Milford
Glendale, CA 91203

"When the dreams end, there is no more greatness."  American Indian saying.