If the company rules and regulations require an outside RFP, no problem if they were the best. However if I still had a steak in the firm, and there was no real RFP then it becomes a different matter.
The problem is that those who stand a strong possibility of benefiting from the contracts are the ones who are awarding them, then it becomes corruption. larry At 10:52 AM 3/26/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I am *not* trying to make this a personal attack, please don't take it as >such. > >Why would requesting a bid from a company you previously worked for be a >negative thing? I'm trying to understand that. As an example, say you >(Larry) got hired away from EBStor (I'm picking on you because you included >your comany in your signature) to work as an IS director for a large >corporation. The place is nice but you've got a small crew and lots of >projects, including building (or rebuilding) an online presense for the >compnay. You've got the money to pay for it but not the resources to build >it. Would you not at least think about contracting the job out to EBStor? > >Someone else pointed out that no matter who was in office that people would >make the "crony" case. Every elected official does this. Every individual >does it too. We have places of business that we frequent because we like >the people that run them. > >Until Later! >Hatton > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:08 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Empire-Building > > > > > > Just a general comment about the whole thing. Has anyone noticed which > > companies that have received contracts for rebuilding Iraq after the > > conflict? All five have very close associations with the current > > administration, not the least of which is Hamilton Oil. The oil company > > that Dick Cheney used to run. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A665-2003Mar20.html > > > > again while not strictly illegal, it does resound of cronyism and corrupt > > government practices. > > > > larry > > > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8420 Quarry Road > > Manassas, Virginia 20110-5326 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
