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> 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.
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> For more details, see the Essential Action web page,
> http://www.essentialaction.org/anti-scofflaw.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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 at gsa.gov or by regular
> mail to:
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> General Services Administration
> FAR Secretariat (MVR)
> 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035 ATTN: Laurie Duarte
> Washington, D.C. 20045
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> Be sure to mention in all written comments that you are commenting in
> reference to FAR case 99-010.
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