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  • April 2008

    • Feds Lift Ban on IBM Contracts

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 4, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Feds Lift Ban on IBM Contracts

      The government Thursday lifted a week-old ban that prevented IBM from competing for new federal contracts. In exchange, IBM agreed to withdraw its protest of an $84 million contract with the EPA it lost last year, and to refund any attorney fees and costs the Government Accountability Office paid to fight it. IBM has placed five employees on administrative leave in the dust-up. More »

  • March 2008
  • November 2007

    • Panel Rips Army Fraud 'Crisis'

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 1, 07 4:51 AM CDT

      Panel Rips Army Fraud 'Crisis'

      The Army is under fire for failing to train enough officers to supervise billions of dollars in contracts and allowing waste and fraud to flourish, reports the New York Times .  The problems have "created a crisis," according to an independent six-member panel appointed by Army Secretary Pete Geren and charged with investigating contracts to supply US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • US Army  • Government Accountability Office  • Kuwait  • contracts  • procurement  • Pete Geren

  • August 2007

    • US Firm Paid Bribes for Iraq Contracts: Army

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 31, 07 4:51 AM CDT

      US Firm Paid Bribes for Iraq Contracts: Army

      An American company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to secure some $12 million in contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, despite poor performance on earlier work, according to court documents obtained by the New York Times . Lee Dynamics International was suspended from seeking government work after an Army officer admitted to taking $225,000 in bribes before killing herself last year. More »

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      Iraq  • bribe  • Kuwait  • contracts

  • June 2007
  • May 2007

    • Kobe Wants Out of Los Angeles

      newser  |  ESPN  |  May 30, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      Kobe Wants Out of Los Angeles

      Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, on a tear ever since the team was knocked out of the playoffs, finally lost it on a New York radio show today and declared that he wants to be traded. The 28-year old shooting guard is frustrated with the team—which has not won a playoff series since Shaquille O'Neal was traded in 2004—and livid at suggestions that he was responsible for the Shaq trade. More »

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      basketball  • NBA  • Los Angeles  • Los Angeles Lakers  • Kobe Bryant  • Phoenix Suns  • sports trade  • ESPN  • contracts

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