__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 24 April 2007 12:03 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Monday 23 April 2007 20:25 \__
>>
>>>
>>
http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199200496
>>>
>>>> Accenture, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems have operated illegal
>>>> kickback schemes over the last 10 years that have bilked taxpayers out
>>>> of millions of dollars annually through government IT contracts, federal
>>>> prosecutors say.
>>>>
>>>> The allegations were contained in separate lawsuits filed last week in
>>>> an Arkansas federal court by the Department of Justice. The complaints
>>>> claimed the defendants paid or received kickbacks from dozens of
>>>> companies in violation of federal law, while denying that they had such
>>>> arrangements. In filing the complaints, the DOJ joined whistleblower
>>>> suits that were filed against the companies in 2004.
>>
>> Microsoft was named among the culripts as well. There was 12 of them.
>>
>
> What have I been saying for ages...
See the latest on government contracts. It's all favouritism. Money is
exchanging hands as well.
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