IBM locked out of new government contracts

IBM has been banned from new government contracts by the Environmental Protection Agency. Apparently the suspension comes on the heels of subpoenas being issued to determine what, if any, illicit access IBM had to competitive bid information for an EPA bid. The existing contracts can continue as they are written, but they cannot be modified and new contracts cannot be signed until this is resolved.

Very strange, indeed. Especially the part about how any one agency can blacklist a vendor government-wide.