SAF-AQC-OCI_Memo-3_Nov_09.pdf

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“B y pl ac in g of fic ia ls w ho h ad w or ke d cl os el y w ith S pe ct ru m un de r t he [c on tr ac t b y w hi ch p ro pr ie ta ry in fo rm at io n ce ss ed ] o nt o th e

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Fo rc e pa ve d th e w ay fo r p ro pr ie ta ry in fo rm at io n fr om fo rm er e ffo rt to le ak (a nd e ve nt ua lly g us

h) in to th e la tte r.

U se o f t hi s st af fin g, w hi ch , a t t he le as t, ris ke d cr ea tin g ga ni za tio na l c on fli ct o f i nt er es t, ga ve th e w ar ni ng s m ad by se ve ra l A ir Fo rc e of fic ia ls th at

[t he p ro cu re m en t t ea m ] s ho ul d no t r el y on a ny th in g th at S pe ct ru m h ad p ro du ce d a de ci de dl y ho llo w ri ng

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P ro te st is s us ta in ed w he re re co rd d oe s no t s up po rt th e ag en cy

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B ia s gr ou nd ru le s.

t e g r i t y

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A ge nc y' s co rr ec tiv e ac tio ns re m ed ie d th e pr io r pr oc ur em en t f la w s by re as on ab ly c on cl ud in g at de e' s pl an to p er fo rm c on fli ct ed p or tio ns o f t ra ct th ro ug h us e of fir ew al le d” s ub co nt ra ct or s w ill a de qu at el y av oi d, n eu tr al iz e, o r m iti ga te th e po te nt ia l c on fli ct s of in te re st

H ow d o yo u “f ire w al l” b ia s?

I n re al ity

, t hi s w as re al ly st ric tio n on w ha t t he c on tr ac to r c ou ld d o , n ot o n th e in fo rm at io n it ha d.

t e g r i t y

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A ge nc y m us t i de nt ify a nd re so lv e in te gr ity is es d or ga ni za tio na l c on fli ct s of in te re t e g r i t y

S e r v i c e

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A ge nc y ca nc el le d so lic ita tio n ba se d on a p ot en tia l “u nf ai r a dv an ta ge pr ov id ed to c er ta in o ffe ro rs a s a re su lt of th e ag en cy ’s d is cl os ur e of in fo rm at io os e of fe ro rs

A ge nc y su bs eq ue nt ly s ol e-so ur ce d th e co nt ra ct am th at in cl ud ed o ne o f t he o ffe ro rs to w ho m th e in fo rm at io n w as d is cl os ed

A ge nc y m us t i de nt ify a nd re so lv e in te gr ity is or ga ni za tio na l c on fli ct s of in te re t e g r i t y

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) d id n ot g iv e pr ot es te r no tic e of a nd a n op po rt un ity to re sp on d to O

C I fin di ng s pr io r t o fir m

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A dv ic e pr ov id ed to a w ar de e in p re pa rin g its p ro po sa l by e nt ity th at a ls o as si st ed th e ag en cy in e va lu at in g th e pr op os al s.

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) t he re is n o re as on ab le p os si bi lit y ej ud ic e be ca us e th e en tit y w as m or e cr iti ca l o f t de e’ s pr op os al th an it w as o f t he p ro te st er ’s t e g r i t y

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A lle ga tio n:

O rg an iz at io na l c on fli ct s of in te re st e xi du to th e em pl oy m en t o f s ev er al o f t he a w ar de e’ s ke y pe rs on ne l.

D en ie d:

A ny c on fli ct , i f i t e xi st s, is p er so na l t o th e em pl oy ee s, a nd n ot th e or ga ni za tio n, a nd is to o sp ec ul at iv e to im pu te to th ei r e m pl oy er s.

H ow d o w e de al w ith p er so na l c on fli ct s of in te re t e g r i t y

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“B ia se d gr ou nd ru le s” p ro te st d en ie d!

R ec or d sh ow ed th at fo rm er a ge nc y of fic ia lw or ki ng r s uc ce ss fu l v en do r h ad n ot p ar tic ip at ni ng th e ac qu is iti on o r p re pa rin g th e so lic ita tio n.

N ot e:

M an y st at ut es a nd re gu la tio ns a dd re ss e th ic s an d

G ov er nm en t e m pl oy ee c on fli s.

t e g r i t y

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E x c e l l e n c e

R el at ed

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St ay tu ne d!