I missed the original post on this but the background reference
material is compelling...kate
A few weeks ago, the Focus on the Corporation column was titled
"A Law and
Order Regulation for Corporations." The subject was a proposal
to prevent
the U.S. government from entering into contracts with companies
that are
chronic or serious violators of labor, environmental, tax,
antitrust or
employment laws. This note is a follow up to that column.
For more details, see the Essential Action web page,
http://www.essentialaction.org/anti-scofflaw.
The federal government is now accepting comments on the proposed
regulation. Business groups are weighing in heavily against it;
and so if
the proposal is to be enacted, it is vital that citizens and
public
interest groups submit comments in support of the regulation.
It is easy to submit comments -- even a comment that says
nothing more
than, "I support the principle that the federal government
should not
contract with companies that seriously transgress the law" is
valuable,
and comments can be submitted by e-mail (as well as regular
mail).
For background on the proposed regulation, and tips on what to
say in
comments, see the Essential Action web page,
http://www.essentialaction.org/anti-scofflaw. You can e-mail
comments
directly to the agency from this page.
If you are so eager to send comments that you don't even want to
check the
page, you can send them by e-mail to farcase.99-010@gsa.gov or
by regular
mail to:
General Services Administration
FAR Secretariat (MVR)
1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035 ATTN: Laurie Duarte
Washington, D.C. 20045
Be sure to mention in all written comments that you are
commenting in
reference to FAR case 99-010.
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