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GAO Upholds Part of Protest On Boeing Tanker Maintenance Contract

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Friday, January 4th, 2008

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The Government Accountability Office has upheld a portion of a protest of an Air Force contract to Boeing [BA] Aerospace Operations for depot maintenance work on KC-135 tanker aircraft. The protest included allegations of bias by Boeing's competitor--Pemco Aeroplex Inc.--against Charles Riechers, the lead for source selection on the contract who was found dead in his home in October in an apparent suicide. Riechers was the first person to fill the Air Force's number two acquisition post since Darleen Druyun…

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