The General Accounting Office has dismissed a protest by Sprint Communications and Global Crossing of a Defense Department contract award potentially worth $450 million over 10 years to MCI WorldCom. In its decision, GAO says the protesting companies' financial difficulties, which have been well publicized, make it "inappropriate" for GAO to review the case. The Defense Information Systems Agency last April awarded MCI WorldCom a contract for the Defense Research Engineering Network. The contract is a follow-on contract to the...
