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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: LindyBill who wrote (19729)2/23/2002 9:39:44 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
I hope the government is getting better about procurement. I worked on a procurement case involving computers that had to have special sound-proof baffling so that hidden microphones could not discern the key strokes. My recollection is that from soliciting bids to actually getting the computers took over two years. I think the original specs were for a 386 and by the time the computers were delivered everyone was using 486s. But I am told that this process has been streamlined.

I know how time consuming it is after bids are solicited - the machinery on the private side is very cumbersome.

I was offered a procurement job at Navy long ago. Now I know if I had taken it I'd be working for a Beltway Bandit.-g-

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