The Pentagon today released a new interim regulation that opens to competition contracts currently held under a monopoly by Federal Prison Industries. Published in today's Federal Register , the new acquisition rule is based on legislation inserted into the fiscal year 2002 Defense Authorization Act by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI). The provision ends the FPI monopoly over federal defense contracts, allowing companies to compete against prison labor for DOD work, according to a Levin statement. If...
