GSA faces new probes over Art Metal furniture contracts
Washington Post reports GSA paid Art Metal Inc. millions for chairs and filing cabinets that did not meet specifications. Investigators found mismatches between supplied furniture and bids, with GSA ignoring preproduction test results to award a 5.5 million chair contract. Art Metal contests a 9 million filing cabinet contract cancellation.
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Carter names Core and Friedman to Coal Industry Commission
President Carter selected Jesse Core and Marvin Friedman as final appointees to the President's Commission on the Coal Industry. Core is a Penn State mining engineering professor and former U S Steel executive, Friedman an economics consultant. The panel will study economics, labor relations, safety, and technology affecting coal.
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