IBM Suspended From US Federal Contracts

theodp writes "IBM has been temporarily banned from receiving future contracts with federal agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed on Monday. The suspension went into effect last Thursday due to 'concerns raised about potential activities involving an EPA procurement,' the agency said in an e-mailed statement. Under a reciprocal agreement among federal agencies, when one issues a ban, the others follow it. The EPA said it will not comment further on the matter. An IBM spokesman said he had no immediate comment. 'You don't see this very often, particularly for large companies,' commented a stunned industry analyst, mentioning a bankrupt MCI as a notable exception. IBM earned an estimated $1.5 billion in revenue from federal prime contracts in fiscal 2007."

Re:Hmmm

[dgatwood]

Apparently, Slashdot is skipping April Fools this year, along with the rest of the U.S. Details later today, hopefully.

tag still!omgponies

[Anonymous Coward]

Sigh, tagged "still!omgponies"

Re:Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, I think I've figured it out.

The gag this year is that they're only posting real stories, that sound so ridiculous that we assume they're jokes! ...that's lame and depressing at the same time. Way to go, slashdot. :|

Re:There goes my job

[Gertlex]

Anyone want to offer me a new job?

Find me new confusing April 1st stories.

Or if you're a haxxor, fix slashdot. I want my pink ponies!

OMG.

Re:No Joke?

[MrMr]

Has to be a joke.
Come on, this government, cracking down on corruption by a US company?

Hrm....

[Misanthrope]

Nobody ever got fired for......
Well crap.

Re:Aw, C'mon

[sydneyfong]

That's the joke.

Re:Hmmm

[Artuir]

Won't someone please think of the ponies? :(

Re:Tags

[MrNaz]

What a fantastic business idea! I'm going to open a restaurant with the tagline "Get the taste with none of the inconvenience!"

Re:Tags

[MrNaz]

Yea, it could be like this mechanism that you could click and get to see your post for a bit before it actually gets locked in. They could call it "Preview" or something crazy like that.

Re:Tags

[MMC Monster]

Several years ago on April fools slashdot changed it's entire colour scheme to a pink my little pony type theme and I beleive had the words omigodponies displayed on the site, possibly in place of slashdot. It's generally regarded as slashdot's best April fools joke.

Actually, it was regarded as slashdot's best theme.

Re:Hrm....

[aproposofwhat]

OMGNazis!