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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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European Commission Mainframe Antitrust Investigation
The European Commission ended an antitrust investigation of IBM after the company agreed to modify the way it supplies parts and information to rivals. The Commission had been investigating whether IBM abused its dominant position on the mainframe maintenance market by hindering the access of independent maintenance service providers to critical spare parts. IBM agreed to make spare parts and technical information swiftly available, under commercially reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, to independent mainframe maintainers.
- Misconduct Type
- Antitrust
- Enforcement Agency
- International
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- N/A
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of EC Decision
- 12/13/2011
