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July 30, 2012 By AMK

Justice fails to flag contractors with a criminal history

The Justice Department is not fulfilling its requirement to update procurement databases with information on contractors with a history of criminal activity, the department’s inspector general has found.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance has neglected its responsibility to obtain and update databases with contractors “convicted of fraud or any other felony arising out of a contract with the Department of Defense” or involved in drug trafficking, according to the IG. The bureau also failed in its statutory requirement to train U.S. attorneys to use these databases, the report said.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2012/07/justice-fails-flag-contractors-criminal-history/56941/?oref=govexec_today_nl.

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: criminal activity, debarment, Justice Dept., suspension

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