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IBM temporarily barred from government business
MarketWatch ^ | 3/31/2008 | John Letzing

Posted on 03/31/2008 8:01:42 PM PDT by revtown

International Business Machines Corp. has been temporarily banned from new business with the federal government and is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia over a contract awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency, the company said Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: contracts; epa; government; ibm
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Looks like IBM got caught doing something wrong. I wonder if this applies to IBM as a sub-contractor? That would huge.
1 posted on 03/31/2008 8:01:42 PM PDT by revtown
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To: revtown

Exact link:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ibm-temporarily-banned-us-government/story.aspx?guid=%7BD307FEA3%2D7784%2D4456%2D88AE%2D0DC8B982D7F2%7D


2 posted on 03/31/2008 8:02:36 PM PDT by revtown
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To: revtown

Are series?


3 posted on 03/31/2008 8:02:49 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: revtown
Ridiculous.

The govt would cut off it's nose to spite it's face? I think not.

That would be like barring General Dynamics from Defense contracts.

IBM IS the government.

4 posted on 03/31/2008 8:04:31 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: revtown

EPA employee gave information to IBM employee that may have been used in a bid. This could be a violation of:

Federal law
EPA contract guidance
IBM business conduct policy


5 posted on 03/31/2008 8:08:05 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Mariner

“IBM said that the U.S. attorney’s office served “IBM and certain employees with grand-jury subpoenas requesting testimony and documents” related to interaction between EPA and company employees. IBM said it plans to contest the suspension, which can continue for an initial period of up to one year.”

If IBM contests it, maybe the suspension will be held up pending the investigation and by then IBM will settle up and pay a fine.


6 posted on 03/31/2008 8:08:39 PM PDT by revtown
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To: ShadowAce

/mark


7 posted on 03/31/2008 8:10:29 PM PDT by KoRn (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: Mariner

IBM is small potatoes these days. Sounds like someone was trying to play catch-up.


8 posted on 03/31/2008 8:10:32 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: revtown

That’s okay, maybe they can get another contract in Germany: http://www.news.com/Selling-technology-to-the-Nazis/2010-1071_3-876539.html


9 posted on 03/31/2008 8:14:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.fourfriedchickensandacoke.blogspot.com)
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To: revtown

That would be huge. Usually some subsidiary of the main company actually bids on the contract to prevent that very thing.


10 posted on 03/31/2008 8:17:25 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: revtown
How the mighty have fallen...
11 posted on 03/31/2008 8:17:51 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: revtown

Doesn’t China own IBM????


12 posted on 03/31/2008 8:20:03 PM PDT by Fox_Mulder77 (Atypical Black Person)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

A Chinese company bought their PC business, is all, IIRC.


13 posted on 03/31/2008 8:23:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.fourfriedchickensandacoke.blogspot.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanx :-p


14 posted on 03/31/2008 8:25:50 PM PDT by Fox_Mulder77 (Atypical Black Person)
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To: muawiyah
"IBM is small potatoes these days".

I don't know why you would say such a thing, unless it's from ignorance...or a different metric than I would use.

The Fed govt, and MOST agencies within the Federal Govt...could not function without IBM's largest computers. The IRS. FDA. SEC. EVERY AGENCY with the government has a BIG, BLUE IBM Mainframe...or dozens of them.

The desktop doesn't matter if you can't process payroll or collect taxes.

Sheesh.

15 posted on 03/31/2008 8:27:45 PM PDT by Mariner
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IBM is small potatoes these days.

That's what they WANT you to think! :-)

16 posted on 03/31/2008 8:27:59 PM PDT by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but they’re really after folding money.)
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To: revtown

Here in Austin IBM bidded, and won, the contract for the State of Texas to migrate MOST of TX systems/transactions moving to the I-Series (AS/400) in a monstrous migration project from the MVS and other systems.

Turns out IBM *way* underbid the contract to get it, and is underperforming.

I got a bunch of headhunting calls and emails for the migration, and all of them had no real clue what needed to be done.

Glad I didn’t get into the conversion.


17 posted on 03/31/2008 8:30:55 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: muawiyah

You are kidding, right? IBM is freakin huge still in corporate/government land.


18 posted on 03/31/2008 9:16:09 PM PDT by rb22982
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19 posted on 04/01/2008 3:52:29 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: revtown
IBMers have to read and certify their commitment to IBM's Business Conduct Guidelines every year.

If an IBMer behaved unlawfully or even unethically in this situation, their career is over.

IBM has hundreds of thousands of employees. Whether an IBMer is at fault or not in this situation, some IBMers will occasionally screw up and and pay the price with their job (or worse). IBM suffers the consequences and moves on without them, admonishing those that remain.
20 posted on 04/01/2008 4:08:39 AM PDT by EasySt (Life is precious. Live it well...)
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