Walter Reed contract appealed
Source: By Tarron Lively, THE WASHINGTON TIMES, March 1, 2006
Lawmakers and military officials are calling for an investigation into a $120 million contract at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that will replace hundreds of federal union workers. "The majority of these employees are veterans themselves," said Dwight R. Bowman of the American Federation of Government Employees. A Government Accountability Office ruling Feb. 21 upholds the Army's contract award to IAP Worldwide Services, although the Army initially determined that using federal, in-house employees would be most feasible. ..... IAP originally lost the bid in September 2004 after the Army determined that using federal employees would be less expensive than using employees from the company, then known as Johnson Controls.