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Content Inside: many small and nascent IT contractors saw opportunity. Anytime a company that has any brains sees an issue like Y2K rearing its ugly head you know they are going to jump all over it said Lynn Bateman a retired publisher of regulatory infor- mation publications and former gov- ernment contracting consultant.Y2K was something that everybody jumped on the bandwagon for she said. Bateman said that when the calen- dar turned over to Jan. 1 2000 the per- ceived problem turned out to be a big flopbecause there were no major prob- lems or crashes even with systems that had not been reprogrammed. 4. Ill wind blowing again? More oversight is expected In 1986 the FBI launched Operation Ill Wind an investigation into corruption by government and military officials and de- fense contractors.The operation resulted in the conviction of Melvyn Paisley assistant secretary of the Navywho was found guilty of briberyimproper contracts and diversion of contracts to a firm he secretly controlled. The operation also led to the convictions of a deputy assistant secretary of the Navy and a deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force. As a result of the scandalCongress passed the Procurement Integrity Act in 1988which introduced new restrictions on the procure- ment process and procurement officials. The environment were entering into now is reminiscent of the environment that was kicked off by the Operation Ill Wind scandals when you saw a real crackdown on government contractors said Dave Nadler a partner at the law firm Dickstein Shapiro.In the last two or three years we have seen a litany of ethical lapses that have caused and will continue to cause Congress to crack down on government contractors. The increased oversight could result in more companies and individuals losing the right to do business with the governmenthe said. Nothing will bring a government con- tractor to its knees faster than the threat of being suspended or debarredNadler said because it literally can ...

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