IBM temporarily barred from seeking U.S. government contracts

[flashl]

Source: IHT

SAN FRANCISCO: IBM said Monday that it is under investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and has been temporarily suspended from seeking new business contracts with all U.S. agencies.

International Business Machines, the world's largest provider of computer services, said it received a notice of temporary suspension from the Environmental Protection Agency tied to possible violations of ethical bidding provisions of federal law on an EPA contract submitted in March 2006.

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The temporary suspension applies to all federal agencies and IBM business units. IBM may continue work on existing contracts as of the date of the suspension, unless a particular agency directs otherwise, the company said in a statement.

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The company said it only learned of the government contract suspension on Friday, March 28. It said it was unaware of any potential action by the EPA or the U.S. Attorney's office until then.

IHT

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/01/business/01IBM.php

[Lerkfish]

1. and yet, Halliburton can move to Dubai and still get every contract.

bizarro world.

[truthisfreedom]

2. Sounds like someone's not playing ball.

Payback for something or other.

[FatDave]

3. "ethical bidding provisions of federal law"

Those exist? And are enforced? By these clowns? :wtf:

Anybody know what kind of servers DU runs on? I could see the Bush cabal considering that an ethical violation.

[Doctor_J]

4. Probably they're not playing along with domestic spying

the Rove admin might be blackmailing them.