A GSA spokeswoman said the agency is "conducting a review of all WorldCom government contracts and other related information for purposes of determining present responsibility"--essentially, deciding whether the company meets the criteria of business ethical standards and integrity to work with the government. WorldCom's disclosure of accounting problems has sparked a firestorm of controversy, as well as congressional hearings. In addition, the White House said earlier this week that the GSA's decision regarding WorldCom could prompt the Bush administration to stop doing business with the company.

In March, the GSA suspended energy company Enron and accounting giant Arthur Andersen from conducting new business with the federal government, citing Enron's own accounting debacle and Andersen's indictment by a federal grand jury, The scandal at WorldCom has also prompted a new fight over a Defense Department contract awarded to the company earlier this year, In April, the company won the Defense Research Engineering Network contract, a $450 million deal to build a high-speed research network, WorldCom got the deal after missing the ones we left behind iphone case the original winning bidder, Global Crossing, was rejected when the government determined that that company was not a responsible bidder, Global Crossing filed for bankruptcy in January..

Global Crossing, along with Sprint, filed protests over the WorldCom award but later withdrew them. The two telecommunications companies have since renewed their complaints. Global Crossing said in a statement that it resumed its protest "in light of recent developments in the telecommunications industry," adding that Global Crossing itself is now "well on (its) way to completing a successful reorganization.". The accounting scandal prompts U.S. government agencies to review the telecommunications company's billions of dollars in federal contracts.

The Federal Aviation Administration, for one, has been forced to take stock of the situation quickly, WorldCom is a finalist for a 20-year, $3.5 billion contract with the FAA, The contract is expected to be awarded as soon missing the ones we left behind iphone case as this week, The company is the incumbent on the contract, which supplies phone and data infrastructure to the nation's air traffic control systems, "We've expressed concern for their financial stability, but we have spoken to them and have confidence they have the ability to provide uninterrupted services," FAA spokesman Fraser Jones said..

The reorganized company said it had lost 4 percent of its customers during the bankruptcy process, according to new Chief Executive Dennis Muse. The company currently has less than 100 employees, with plans to add 10 to 20 more by the end of year. During its heyday, the San Francisco-based company employed nearly 400 workers. Yipes was one of several metropolitan network builders started during the Internet and telecommunications boom of the late 1990s that promptly fell on hard times as customers disappeared. Metro network operators represented a once hot niche that fell prey to the same boom-and-bust cycle currently afflicting the entire telecommunications market.