  We propose Singlet Stabilized Minimal Gauge Mediation as a simple ISS-based
model of Direct Gauge Mediation which avoids both light gauginos and Landau
poles. The hidden sector is a massive s-confining SQCD that is distinguished by
a minimal SU(5) flavor group. The uplifted vacuum is stabilized by coupling the
meson to an additional singlet sector with its own U(1) gauge symmetry via
non-renormalizable interactions suppressed by a higher scale Lambda_UV in the
electric theory. This generates a nonzero VEV for the singlet meson via the
inverted hierarchy mechanism, but requires tuning to a precision ~
(Lambda/Lambda_UV)^2, which is ~ 10^{-4}. In the course of this analysis we
also outline some simple model-building rules for stabilizing uplifted ISS
models, which lead us to conclude that meson deformations are required (or at
least heavily favored) to stabilize the adjoint component of the magnetic
meson.
