The Nation - News from June 4, 1985
Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III said he will advise all executive agencies to comply with disputed provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, even though he still considers them to be unconstitutional. Meese earlier had instructed federal agencies to ignore provisions that freeze the bidding process on government contracts for 90 days when unsuccessful bidders appeal their rejection to the comptroller general, who heads the General Accounting Office.
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