[ga] RE: Another sweetheart deal

["Dassa" <dassa@dhs.org>]

|> -----Original Message-----
|> On Behalf Of Dave  Crocker
|> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 2:09 PM
|> Subject: Re: Another sweetheart deal
|>
|>
|> At 08:47 PM 4/11/2001, Milton Mueller wrote:
|> ><Note: it's great to get EDU away from Verisign, but why
|> does US Dept of Commerce always have to offer exclusive contracts
to
|> people they have favored relations with? Haven't they ever heard of
competition?>
|>
|>
|> Because, unlike some people, the NTIA was more interested
|> in handling the matter simply and efficiently -- as the situation
|> warranted -- rather than treating it as yet another political
footbal.

The government bodies I deal with put all such contacts out to tender
as a matter of course and the best candidate is selected from those
who have applied.  Handling the awarding of the contract simply
doesn't imply it was efficient.  The converse is apparant as the best
candidate is unlikely to have been awarded the contract.

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.

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