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DOD Reviews Conflict of Interest Rules -- Too Late for Northrup

Northrop Grumman announced that they would sell their SETA arm TASC earlier this month. This was due to new conflict of interest rules limiting what contracts the company could bid on. Now the Defense Department is having a forum to discuss these rules and what can be done to implement them in a way to protect companies from having to do what Northrop just did.

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