This is just now becoming a rule?

From Rob Brodsky:

Hard to believe but it took the U.S. Congress until last year to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from awarding a Federal Protective Service contract for guard services to a business concern that is “owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been convicted of a serious felony.”

DHS has now issued a proposed rule detailing which felonies may prohibit a contractor from being awarded a contract and to require companies to provide information regarding those crimes to government officials.

And if you’re curious what qualifies as a serious felony, the rule spells out some examples including: fraud arising out of a contract with the federal, state or local government; bribery; threatening physical harm to a government official; counterfeiting; forgery or willful failure to collect or pay federal taxes.