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May 7, 2012 By AMK

Are more contract crackdowns on the way?

Two bits of seemingly unrelated news – the General Services Administration canceling Oracle’s IT services contract and Lockheed Martin paying for a contract overrun – have a common thread: Agencies are going to hold contractors accountable.

First, let’s look at Oracle. The software company has had a long dispute with GSA, part of which it inherited when it acquired Sun Microsystems, which was having its own issues with the agency.

Keep reading this article at:   http://washingtontechnology.com/blogs/editors-notebook/2012/04/oracle-lockheed-contractor-crackdown.aspx?s=wtdaily_230412.

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: accountability, cost, cost overrun, GSA

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