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...chief network engineer for the General Services Administration, Sureshar Soni helps analyze costs for the vast federal telephone system used by 1.3 million Government workers. Because the GSA is preparing to replace that system for the first time since 1963, a deal worth up to a whopping $25 billion for the companies that will build the new network, Soni was destined to play a significant role. Instead he is embroiled in a byzantine scandal that is paralyzing the giant phone project. According to investigators for the GSA and a Senate committee, Soni leaked secret bidding information in a mysterious pattern...
...trouble at the GSA apparently started last spring, when bidding began for a separate but somewhat related project, a $55 million contract to build a dozen telephone-switching installations. According to one of Soni's co- workers, the engineer made photocopies at GSA headquarters of the confidential AT&T bid documents on the switching devices. Soni allegedly leaked the information to two or more of the regional telephone companies competing against AT&T for the jobs, thus enabling them to tailor their bids accordingly. He reportedly told an official of Southern Bell, a subsidiary of the regional BellSouth company, exactly...
...case, Soni was not necessarily a champion of the underdog. On at least one occasion he shared information with AT&T as well, though AT&T claims the information was public and not particularly useful. When the GSA awarded the contracts last October, AT&T was assigned to build five of the switches, while the other seven were divided among four Baby Bells -- Pacific Telesis, Bell Atlantic, U S West and BellSouth...
...other "B" singles match, freshman John Cardi let two match points slip away and lost in the second round to Dartmouth's Jeff Hawkins, 7-6, 1-6, 5-7. Ken Hao and Rabi Soni each lost in the "C" quarterfinals to West Virginia players, and the "B" and "C" doubles teams fell in their first rounds of play...
Freshmen Rob Soni and Roger Barry both performed well, but heir opponents proved to be a bit stronger. Soni lost a 2-6, 7-6, 6-1 decision to Penn's Devin Shaffer, while Barry fell to Penn's Bob Surgent...