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IBM (IBM) announced Friday that the ban on bidding for companies in the economy by the federal government is repealed. The announcement comes one week after the restriction was implemented.

The giant technology, showed that the Environmental Protection Agency has completed the temporary suspension order of the barrier of participation in the new federal government from IBM.

IBM said, he began again to all the new federal services in a row. The company said that the publication of a suspension ends, began on March 27.

In a statement, IBM said that it will continue to support the cooperation with the Agency of the investigation of possible violations of the integrity of the provisions of Community law on public procurement of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, a command of the operation with the European Patent Office. The company said it will continue to lend its support to be used by the United States Attorney’s Investigation Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

On March 31, IBM announced the suspension.

The restriction that prevents companies to tender for new contracts. But while banning the company was authorized, work on the existing treaties at the time of suspension, unless an agency, it’s different.

At that time, IBM has shown that the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, and they had a few employees of Grand Jury subpoenas requesting documents and testimony on interactions between staff of the EPO and some employees’ IBM.

The company announced Friday that a temporary suspension of the order, which prohibits the involvement of IBM in the new federal government, is back, has been repealed.

But while the ban, which lasted nine days, was kidnapped, Big Blue is still in the process of cooperating with the Environmental Protection Agency had triggered the investigation that the broad guidelines of the suspension. The authority of the environment examine possible violations of the process of buying IBM on EPAs bid for business.

The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia is also the consideration of the matter.

For Big Blue, the removal of the ban is a little more money his way. Last year, IBM generated approximately 1.43 billion from Confederation. It was a piece of 1.4 per cent of its total revenues of 98.8 billion dollars over the past year.

Shares of IBM have a hair in trade early in the morning to $ 115.80, down 19 cents.

DETROIT - The Detroit City Council was scheduled to discuss $ 24 million in government orders Ferguson Enterprises Inc., when it met on Thursday. The company is owned by Bobby Ferguson, a friend of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Ferguson’s Name immersed in the scandal of the council if the text messages displayed for contracts fortified city between the former mayor and aide Christine Beatty Ferguson.

In a recent communication of the year 2002, Beatty Ferguson asked how much they owed to the use of cement to level their passage. Texted Ferguson, as “family” and the family needs money is not to be feared.

City Council Member Sheila Cockrel, chairwoman of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Audit Committee adopted a resolution to ask several departments of the city to forward documents relating to contracts to Ferguson.

Cockrel she said, to ensure that when public procurement starts with “a level playing field.”

“I think here it is the realization of truth and transparency in government,” said Cockrel.

Cockrel expects its resolution pass in committee Friday.

It happened pretty suddenly, and without explanation — in fact, we almost lost it among all the April-Fool’s-Day jokes. But it appears that, at least temporarily, IBM is banned from obtaining new Federal contracts with the U.S. government. The reason for the ban is unclear at this time, but we do know that it involves IBM’s relationship with the EPA.

In addition to the ban, several employees at ‘Big Blue’ have been issued grand jury subpoenas requesting documents and testimony. An EPA spokesperson offered only the following clarification, “What we are saying is that the case stems from information provided by an EPA employee to IBM employees.”

The ban does not affect current government contracts, but the temporary ban does prevent any business group or subsidiary of IBM of negotiating a contract with any government agency, unless it is determined that only IBM can fill the need.

The ban could last up to a year as the government completes its investigation and IBM stands to lose hundreds of millions, possibly billions, of dollars in contracts to market rivals.

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The Australian government has terminated 958 a one million Australian dollar (US $ 869 million; ¤ 557 million) funding OPEL agreement with the consortium to build a regional broadband network, Futuris Corp. OPEL partners. And Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Said Wednesday.
“On 1 April 2008, the government considers it advised that the conditions have not been

Terminated and has satisfied the funding agreement, “said the OPEL partners in a statement.
“The joint venturers, Optus and Elders, maintain that all conditions precedent to the funding agreement have been satisfied,” the statement added. Futuris Corp.. Elsewhere owns and Optus is an Australian subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications.
OPEL The network was capable of meeting the objectives of the government’s Connect Broadband Infrastructure Program of delivering improved and broadband services to underserved 889322 premises in rural and regional Australia within two years at prices comparable with the city, they said.
The government confirmed it had terminated the contract.

“The contracts have been terminated,” a spokesman for Broadband Communications and Minister Stephen Conroy told Australian Associated Press. “We’re preparing to release a statement shortly.
Futuris Corp.. Singapore Telecommunications and, in equal partners OPEL, were awarded the contract by the former government of Prime Minister John Howard, which was ousted at elections in November last year.
If the companies are unable to recover money from the government, will make a Futuris provision of a $ 15 million ($ 13.6 million; ¤ 8.7 million) as a nonrecurring item and Singapore Telecommunications’ Australian subsidiary Optus will write off $ A9 million ( US $ 8 Million; ¤ 5 million).

SYDNEY, Australia (AP): The Australian Government has a break of 958 million Australian dollars (US $ 869 million, euro557 million euros) to finance an agreement with the consortium Opel in the construction of a regional network to broadband , network partners OPEL Futuris Corp. and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said Wednesday.

“On April 1, 2008, the Government indicated that the conditions are not met, and puts an end to the financing agreement, the partners OPEL”, said in a statement.

“The joint venture, Optus and old, to say that all the conditions precedent to the financing agreement are fulfilled, the déclaration”ajouté. Futuris Corp. owns Elsewhere, Australian Optus is a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications.

The network Opel was capable of achieving the objectives of the Government of broadband infrastructure programme Connect, and the provision of services aimed at promoting the improvement of the broadband local-889322 in rural areas poorly served in Australia and within a period of two years at a price comparable to the city, “she said.

The government confirmed that it has terminated the contract.

“The contracts were terminated,”a spokesman for broadband communications and the minister said Stephen Conroy Australian Associated Press.” We are preparing a statement on the release shortly.”

Futuris Corp. and Singapore Telecommunications, equal partners in OPEL, the contract has been awarded by the government of the former Prime Minister, John Howard, has been evicted, the elections in November last year.

If companies are not able, for money by the government, Futuris is a provision of A $ 15 million (US $ 13.6 million, euro8.7 million euros) at once and Singapore Post Telecommunications’ Australian subsidiary Optus A9 is amortization million (US - $ 8million; euro5 million).

Contact Contact Centre of the strategic consulting firm, announced today that it has been a GSA (News - Alarm) / FAS Schedule dealt with the Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS). The contract, which is in effect for 20 years, and is a coveted, procurement procedure, that the company, a full range of management consulting services to improve the federal “Contact Center Performance . Contractors awarded a contract with The General Services Administration (GSA), for rather large and important projects, as they offer agencies shorter delivery periods, less administrative costs, the know-how, ” commitment and price.

“We are very enthusiastic about such long-term contracts at the GSA,” said Lori Bock Lund, President, Strategic contact. “As a woman in possession of small businesses, this represents a tremendous opportunity for us, our expertise in the industry on a much larger scale. It is a key element of our future growth strategy and we are delighted to establishing strong relationships with agencies subcontracting and their partners to help them achieve their goals. ”

Contact Center provides strategic advice pragmatic guidelines for the strategy, organization, processes, metrics and surround sound technologies, contact centres. Leveraging year of technical and operational experience coupled with the methods of work with the cut for both large and small businesses and enterprises, the team is in the area of offers prospects for impartial, that the reader of the results.

The Winvale Group, a Washington DC-based professional services company specializing in contracts and the GSA Schedule program of government, which served as an adviser and as a strategic advisor contact, as he was with the presentation , review and allocation process. “Getting this stamp of approval by the GSA is an important incentive and highly strategic to the success of contact,” says Brian Dunn, Managing Partner, Winvale Group. “The price is based on a long and extensive process of qualification of customer satisfaction, performance history, the viability and Due Diligence, and is a true reflection on the strategic process’s single contact for the approach based on the initiatives of contact centres. The GSA contract now in force strategic Contact MOBIS can start capturing opportunities and the immediate closure of the Confederation of business. ”

The GSA Schedule is a government wide procurement of vehicles, streamline access to specialized partners, industry, with well-established reputation, which is in a consistent, with the capacity for world-class solution ” fair and competitive “price. It is the privileged instrument for the government to take advantage of the buyer for the goods and services support of the Agency in its mission. The awarding of a contract to GSA MOBIS Schedule requires a high level of experience in managing the engineering process consulting, what most organizations may not be qualified to deliver. In fiscal 2007, sales were GSA MOBIS more than $ 3.6 billion.

IBM has been exposed to federal contracts while seeking a Federal Grand Jury in 2006 studying an imperative for the maintenance of the Environmental Protection Agency, Reuters reported.

Documents and some staff members have been invited to testify on the interaction between IBM and EPO, as part of the investigation.

Today, the company, the lessons of the investigation Friday, said that this will be the challenge of the temporary suspension, which up to a year, reports Computerworld. It can not continue to work existing treaties, but can not keep up, while the new suspension.

The EPO stated under control, the contract has never been called into question, according to the command of IBM. IBM said one of the commandments under contract for the modernization of the financial systems of the Agency. His command was approximately $ 80 million.

Le ministère de l’économie une una prórroga de l’école et du campus, des de los programas de licencia de Microsoft logiciel Magyarország au 28 Février 2009, sur la base de l’ancienne orientación de contrats signés d’ici 2001.

L’Académie des sciences hongroise est également adhérer au système.

Une nouvelle évolution que le gouvernement est de même pour l’utilización de logiciels de código abierto, cette année, avec un contrat de la ligne directrice relativa à la mise en place d’un logiciel tel devrait être signé au mois d’avril.

IBM and several of his colleagues were invited as a witness before a grand jury on the interactions between the Environmental Protection Agency and the staff of a company IBM, “said the spokesman today.
Coercive measures that were issued on March 28 from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, came from an investigation into allegations of EPO IBM information illegally obtained a contract, they propose, he was employed by the EPO, “said Fred McNeese, a spokesman for IBM.
Days earlier in the Federal Republic of Times learned in the EPO indeterminate IBM made with the organs of the Confederation. The suspension was filed March 27 on a website, lists of GSA businesses, the maintenance of federal contractors - Excluding www.epls.gov Parties List System.
EPA gave details of the investigation or the acquisition by a spokesman.

IBM, which is based in Armonk, NY, $ 1.4 billion euros of turnover in the government, during the past year. The main customers were the Homeland Security Department, Army, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Defense Information Systems Agency, USASpending.gov after a government website, the details of the contract of federal spending .
IBM and its subsidiaries are getting any new government, new markets within the framework of existing treaties or purchasing card transactions, after a March 28 e-mail to the Homeland Security Department’s Office of Procurement Operations’ purchasing officials.
The suspension also means IBM existing contracts can not be changed and agreements with IBM may not be false, according to the DHS e-mail the President of the Confederation Times.

At a press conference on March 24, 2008 in his office, mining Kabwelulu Minister Martin announced the creation of a panel review of mining contracts in the wake of the publication of the final report of the Commission The examination of the airframe technology for the planning and coordination of mining (CTPCM). Among other things, the work of the expert group will anlernen the State in various partnerships, “said the minister.

The group, by the Government, are included in contracts look after each other, without intending to write new contracts. His task will be to the signing of amendments to regulation to correct provisions which as of the balance in existing treaties, says Martin Kabwelulu. The minister stressed that the group had finally May, the main points of the existing treaties and changes could be made after discussions with potential partners.

To that end, Martin Kabwelulu plans for the widening of the circle of consultations to foreign investors and boards of state-owned enterprises involved in the signing of contracts. Both sides can be conceived, the jury in case of difficulties.

According to the Minister, there are two main reasons, that the decision taken by the government: The validity of the balance of the amount of contracts and procedural defects in some contracts, as well as problems related to non-compliance with the commitment of the parties .

Indeed, since the inception of the contract by Ministerial Review Commission in January 2007, the two purposes for which this institution was established, have not been met. These objectives are maximizing income from various partnerships and sanitation sector mining. Indeed, despite the analysis of some contracts, there are always problems had the effect that the decision on the establishment of this body, whose role is to solve problems for the final solution was not yet found.

The Minister announced that, before the publication of the final report, the declarations sought by the Commission, in conjunction with government requirements. In return, the answer to the second is addressed to the government.

According to the conclusions of the Commission, and not a single contract of mining was found to be fit for Class A. Release of about 60, 5 were in category B (the new contract), 6 in the exploration phase, the remaining 49 are in the process of all types of trafficking in human beings in the world of business Stock main locations of their owners without prospecting.

Thus, the Commission has proposed the elimination of nearly 15 contracts between 6 are in partnership with Gecamines.

He did not spare mining giants around the world as the first mining group BHP Billiton, the South African Anglo Gold Ashanti Gold giant, the world’s largest producer of diamonds by De Beers (South Africa) and the American giant Freeport - McMoRan, all blamed signed treaties unilaterally.

The Commission also pointed out systematically unwarranted tax exemptions, to a small part of the State (ie 5%) in the capital of the town, businesses and partners’ disregard of their social and environmental requirements while they make profits as high as those of 600% of the sale of products used.

The report also shows that the Congolese government, the lack of rigor in the negotiation of contracts.

Among the difficulties encountered during the work of the Commission on the fact that it was not easy to discuss, mining, public representatives and some partners refused to some useful information they needed.

Some financial institutions under State control, such as the Directorate General of Taxation, the Directorate General of Income and administrative domain, as well as the Bureau of Customs and Audience “are owned by public institutions are not prepared to cooperate with the members of the Commission.

The Minister of Mines and deputy minister, in concert, at the press conference, that the balance must be restored and adaptations to issue contracts for the restoration of the rights of the Congolese people and the State.

Mr. Robert Mwambo, the director of a mining company in Katanga, the final report of the Review of the disclosure of the intentions of the State in the management of mining.

MIAMI (AP) - Efraim Diveroli was barely old enough to buy alcohol. His MySpace page talked about the mundane issues of youth, such as “in the fact that working with my boyz and Chillen, when not.”

Despite his age, the 22-year-old Miami Beach was also a military weaponry companies with more than $ 200 million in American government. The army now, he said, the Chinese have illegally manufactured ammunition for the army of Afghanistan as part of this work.

Friday Diveroli grandfather pledged to defend as a businessman and arms dealer legitimate. Angelo Diveroli lists accusations “inventions” by competitors jealous of its small-grandchildren of the profit margin. He did not disclose the name of the opponent.

The army said Efraim Diveroli Tuesday in a letter, that his company in Miami Beach, Inc. AEY, was established by the Government of the employment contract suspended pending the outcome of the criminal investigation into one of its claims, That ammunition were in Hungary.

Providing Chinese munitions AEY would violate the treaty and American law. There were also complaints from the American army in Afghanistan, that the munitions were poorly packed, including cartridges in bulk in paper bags.

There were no reports that the munitions have not been or is not working properly. The Pentagon said the spokesman for some, it may not been used, because the concerns about the package.

Diveroli not responding to the left, a notebook Thursday in an apartment in Miami Beach as his address. Messages left Friday for full power and telephone for the collection AEY Inc. were not immediately returned.

Angelo Diveroli, lives in North Miami Beach, said her grandson often accompanies gun shows, where he was a kid and an expert in weapons. The eldest of five children, he worked with his father on military contracts, he returned to the operation of his grandfather said.

“His passion is the poor, since he was a child,” said Angelo Diveroli. “My pistol on his watch. He knew that each poor.”

According to an army memo Legal Services, began AEY payer for the defense and public services during the year 2004. To date, the allocation to enterprises with more than 150 contracts, valued at more than $ 200 million. Its most important mission was, in the past year, different types of ammunition to the Afghan National Army and Afghan police. AEY also sold weapons, grenades, the Granatwerfern, missiles and clothing industry on the Pentagon and the State Department.

On his MySpace page, most recently in October 2005, the youngest Diveroli wrote: “I have had problems in school, I was therefore forced to work most of my teenage years, and I Ai probably grew too fast. Bekam I finally decent housing and to the information contained on for the time being, but I certainly have the desire yielded very good results in my store, and that means it going to take a lot of my time. ”

Records of the Court of Auditors in the county of Miami-Dade also show that has already Diveroli few scrapes with the law.

In November 2005, a woman wanted for a protective function against domestic violence in the courtyard Diveroli claims that his once discarded on the floor and was later “harassing, threatening, as tracking and displaying behavior.” But no guard has ever been published, in the case who was released after the woman is not a hearing.

A document is a letter from the chairman of Diveroli the request of the prosecution, in which he describes his business Contracting Pentagon.

“My store is now of great importance for the country, because I am licensed to a supplier of Defence, Government of the United States in the fight against terrorism in Iraq, and I will do my best for our troops, With all their equipment needs, “he wrote, on December 8, 2005.

Diveroli was also to the battery, the confrontation with a December 2006 waiting for a valet service and possession of a fictitious driver’s license from Florida who four years. Those charges were dismissed after Diveroli a pretrial diversion program.

He still has a DUI case pending since early this month by police in Miami Beach Diveroli noticed on his 2007 Mercedes-Benz with its lights in the early hours of the morning. A hearing in that case is scheduled for April 11.

In 1994, Congress government of a large target, only 5 percent of all contracts must go to the Confederation for women-owned small businesses (WOSBs).
More recently, the existing legislation, the creation of a set-aside for these companies, but requires the Small Business Administration study of the issue, to determine where - if ever - by the Government Contracting 313 categories, including many Defense - WOSBs underrepresented.
Since there is a study by SBA, a National Academy of Sciences, magazines, legal proceedings, and an external, independent study by the RAND Corporation, in respect of this matter. The study by the RAND concluded that WOSBs were divided into four sub-categories of contracting authorities on the basis of a review of dollars to these companies.
Two weeks ago, according to the study by RAND, legal and constitutional precedent, SBA, which submitted a proposal for a set-aside for women in the rule-owned small businesses. Our task has been the implementation of the constitutional status in a way, and that is what we did.
Some are not satisfied, said that women represent 52 percent of its own population, and 28 percent of the American society or in the year 2006 - the most recent year for which we have data — It won only 3.4 percent of the Federal Constitution dollar contract.
However, it is important to recognize that this is a report of apple-orange. Women-owned company can have more than a quarter of all companies, but their gross receipts, only 4.2 percent of economic activities according to the census data of the population, because the participation of large companies, most of which are headed by women.
The census also showed that women-owned businesses with fewer than 500 employees accounted for 3.4% of the economy. For the SBA rule, the pool was placed on the nearly 56000 women-owned small businesses that have been registered federal partners over time.
The data show, in fact, good news for women: If WOSBs competition for markets, they do it well. In 136 of 140 categories in which BOARD investigation had enough samples to analyze the data suggest that in the case of women in the competition for federal contracts to succeed.
Recent Contracting dollars to women-owned small businesses are able to increase dramatically under the presidency of Bush: First contract dollars to such companies increased by 4.6 billion in 2000 to $ 11 6 billion in 2006. By comparison annual increases from 2005 to 2006, is the largest ever 1.5 billion. Subcontracting dollars has also increased from 3.6 billion in 2000 to more than $ 10 billion in 2006.
Moreover, the share of the Confederation Contracting dollars, according to WOSBs grows as a percentage of Federal Contracting universe. During the year 2000, the company received 2.3 percent of contracts of Confederation. This proportion has steadily increased each year, the administration and which, as mentioned above, but it reached 3.4 per cent in 2006.
The federal authorities are difficult to reach, the 5% target WOSB, but how can we the right path? We must understand that the data do not show significantly under-represented in the arena Contracting, but rather that there were not enough qualified women, small businesses are owned by the choice of giving the Arena. Many fallow would be an advantage for women-owned small businesses already, but the data suggest that a group, as is already relatively well.
The best way to increase the protection of women owned small businesses, the markets of the Confederation, it is even more these companies “ready, willing and able” for federal contractors, and ensure that they are registered in the Central Contractor Registry Africa.
There are currently 63000 women in the possession of small businesses in the registry received 3.4 percent of the Contracting dollars. Obviously, if we can still more than willing to do so and capable WOSBs in the system, we can increase its share of the Confederation Contracting dollars. Simple arithmetic indicates that the objective of 5%, we need more of thousands of women-owned small businesses in the competitive system.
It is an agenda, the two parties together all parties and avoid constitutional barriers, is an increase in the number of WOSBs to compete for federal contracts.
On the latter, took the helm of SBA:
Human Resources Agency focuses on Contracting-company is held by the target groups, such as women.
We recently passed a government-initiated wide Scorecard federal agencies to evaluate their efforts Contracting small businesses, including women, the sharp improvement in the transparency and accountability vis-à-vis the process.
And on a smaller, but still significant, and SBA 2007 women-owned business purchases made by the government to initiate the statutory objective of 5% and reached 24.7 percent.
In this era of partiality, people want positive solutions. Help for women over-owned small businesses to compete for public contracts, and do the right track, it is a winner from all sides.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed a rule to curb political contributions by managers of public pension funds in a bid to prevent a practice called pay to play.

An internal review conducted by the S.E.C.’s Division of Investment Management found that money managers who are seeking to deal in the more than $2 trillion in public pension funds make political contributions aimed at influencing the politicians who control decisions about lucrative pension management contracts.

The new rule is similar to a much-disputed rule adopted in 1994 by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, a self-regulatory group, in response to pay-to-play practices in the municipal bond market, S.E.C. officials said. The rule faces a 75-day comment period before final consideration by the commission.

Like the existing rule, called G-37, that restricts political contributions from investment firms to public officials who select underwriters, the new rule bars a firm from seeking asset-management contracts for two years after it or its executives make a political contribution. It also prohibits them from donating more than $250 to state and local officials who have the power to grant government contracts — far less than the $1,000 limit on individual contributions set by Federal campaign laws.

The two-year timeout imposed by the new rule is not a flat ban on doing business with a government client. Rather, it prohibits an adviser or an investment firm from receiving compensation for advice for two years after a contribution has been made. The timeout period could also be started by a manager’s employees, consultants or family members.

”This measure is a natural extension of our longstanding efforts to stamp out pay to play in the municipal finance world,” said the S.E.C. chairman, Arthur Levitt.

The proposed rule would apply to all financial advisers registered with the S.E.C. and to many unregistered advisers, including advisers of hedge funds, venture capital funds and other private investment companies that manage public money. Advisers with government contracts must keep records of their political contributions and those of their partners. But the proposed rule does not require advisers to report their contributions.

State and municipal officials have been critical of Rule G-37, which does not apply to Federal officials, arguing that it violates First Amendment rights to make and solicit political contributions. But in 1996, the Supreme Court turned down a challenge to the rule by William B. Blount, a municipal bond broker from Montgomery, Ala., who served as the state’s Democratic Party chairman, leaving the rule intact.

The Government Finance Officers Association, which represents state and local financial officers, opposes the rule regulating contributions from bond managers as well as the new S.E.C. rule. An association spokeswoman said limits on all contributions should be consistent with Federal election law, which permits $1,000 from an individual donor to a candidate.

Small and minority entrepreneurs often miss out on federal contracts because they are too busy trying to make a living to seek out new business prospects, or they fear government red tape.

Now, the U.S. Small Business Administration hopes to make it easier for small and minority-owned firms to tap into the billions of dollars that federal agencies spend annually for products and services and to secure contracts with private industry.

The SBA plans to bring its 2-year-old Business Matchmaking initiative to Milwaukee on Wednesday as a lead event during the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s annual convention. Wisconsin SBA District Director Eric Ness refers to the concept as “speed-dating” for small business.

Some believe that the matchmaking program might be the catalyst that’s needed to help small and minority-owned firms tap into government and private industry contracts worth millions and that it could provide the economic shot in the arm that’s needed in Milwaukee’s distressed inner city, which lags other urban areas in minority business development.

“This shouldn’t be viewed as a one-shot deal,” says Anne Hlavacka, attorney and shareholder at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, S.C., a Milwaukee law firm and a sponsor of the Business Matchmaking initiative. “It’s a great opportunity for minority-owned firms to take advantage of the link that they will have with federal government agencies and the private sector. If you get the right people pulling together in trying to generate these business opportunities, you’re going to see a breakthrough.”

LEAD: The Defense Department said yesterday that it had suspended Teledyne Electronics, a division of Teledyne Inc., from doing work on Government contracts because the company was implicated in the Federal procurement fraud investigation.

The Defense Department said yesterday that it had suspended Teledyne Electronics, a division of Teledyne Inc., from doing work on Government contracts because the company was implicated in the Federal procurement fraud investigation.

The Defense Logistics Agency, a contracting arm of the Pentagon, said it had also suspended three current employees of Teledyne Electronics and a former employee.

The Pentagon said the suspensions were based on an indictment Friday by the Federal District Court in Virginia that accused Teledyne and the employees of conspiracy, bribery and making false statements.

Separately, the Hazeltine Corporation, a subsidiary of the Emerson Electric Company, was temporarily barred from receiving future Government contracts, Reuters said yesterday.

Hazeltine pleaded guilty Friday to Federal charges that it had conspired to defraud the Government by obtaining inside information on arms procurement.

Emerson said Hazeltine, based in Greenlawn, L.I., is discussing with the Navy how to lift the suspension in the shortest possible time.

The Pentagon said Tuesday that the Navy was considering barring Hazeltine from future contracts and might take action against other big defense companies in connection with the bribery scandal.

Hazeltine designs, develops and markets a wide range of sophisticated electronic systems principally for the Government.

Under Federal contracting rules, the military can block an individual or a corporation from doing business with the Government to protect the Government’s interests while a criminal investigation is under way. Such an action is not considered punishment and can be imposed either temporarily or permanently.

The individuals suspended from Government contracting are George Kaub, Eugene Sullivan and Dale Schnittjer, all Teledyne employees, and Michael Savides, a former employee.

The Pentagon said the suspensions would remain in effect indefinitely. Defense Logistics is continuing to review Teledyne to determine whether further action is warranted, the Pentagon said.

Telephone calls made to offices of Teledyne and Hazeltine were not answered last night.

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WASHINGTON, May 11. Attorney-General Devens has recently made a decision to the effeet that the contracts between the Government and the parties in charge of the erection of public buildings were illegal and void,

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Executives, employees and political action committees of the 70 companies that received government contracts for work in either Iraq or Afghanistan contributed slightly more than $500,000 to President Bush’s 2000 election campaign, according to a comprehensive study of the contracts released on Tuesday.

The overwhelming majority of government contracts for billions of dollars of reconstruction work in Iraq and Afghanistan went to companies run by executives who were heavy political contributors to both political parties.

Though the employees contributed to both parties, their giving favored Republicans by a two-to-one margin. And they gave more money to Mr. Bush than any other politician in the last 12 years.

Among the biggest contributions to Mr. Bush’s election and re-election efforts were those from executives and employees of Dell Computer at $113,000; of Bearing Point, a business consulting firm, at $119,000; of General Electric at $72,000 and of Halliburton Inc. at $28,000, according to the report.

Nine of the 10 biggest contractors — the biggest of which were Bechtel Corporation and Halliburton, either employed former senior government officials or had close ties to government agencies and to Congress.

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