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IBM Suspended From US Federal Contracts

Posted by Zonk on from the shouldn't-aught-to-have-done-that dept.

theodp writes "IBM has been temporarily banned from receiving future contracts with federal agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed on Monday. The suspension went into effect last Thursday due to 'concerns raised about potential activities involving an EPA procurement,' the agency said in an e-mailed statement. Under a reciprocal agreement among federal agencies, when one issues a ban, the others follow it. The EPA said it will not comment further on the matter. An IBM spokesman said he had no immediate comment. 'You don't see this very often, particularly for large companies,' commented a stunned industry analyst, mentioning a bankrupt MCI as a notable exception. IBM earned an estimated $1.5 billion in revenue from federal prime contracts in fiscal 2007."

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  1. Tags by DTemp · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lots of slashdotters bitch about tags. But today, tags are your friend. Today, I'm looking for the tags omgponies and aprilfools to know if stories are hoaxes, and !omgponies and !aprilfools to know if they are real.

    Now, this story was just tagged !omgponies, but that tag is gone now. Ugh.

  2. Re:Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I work for the professional services arm of one of IBM's direct competitors.

    Trust me - they are all trainwrecks-for-hire.

  3. Re:Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, what appallingly illegal and unconstitutional thing did the government ask IBM to do?