Timeline
April 1990 - TME is contracted to provide LISC with desktop publishing services
June 17, 1990 - [Document # T-0004 / T-0005] TME entered into an agreement with Lockheed Integrated Solutions Company (LISC) to provide it with: 1) Computer Based Training software and 2) Desktop Management Tools in support of a proposal LISC had submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the NOAVA program. Another, separate agreement was for Desktop Management Tools.
June 21, 1990 - [Document # T-0011-2B] Ron Barale gives go-ahead for agreement with TME.
September 8, 1990 - TME is incorporated in anticipation of possible NOAVA contract award.
December 19, 1991 - [Document # LM-0007] NOAVA contract was awarded to LISC.
January 14, 1991 - SOW #1 [Document # SOW-0001] for TME to develop 15 CBT packages. Authorization is granted for TME to invoice LISC monthly starting March 1, 1991 at $85 per hour. TME is also to prepare descriptions of tutorials for inclusion into the NUM. Design and development is to "reflect previous NOAVA LTD" training demo work performed by TME.
January 14, 1991 - LISC "Sole-Source Justification" is produced by Dave Etter to Bob Putney describing the need to have TME produce NOAVA tutorial training packages.
January 21, 1991 - TME met with Bud Braiser to discuss our plan to have LISC pre-pay percentage of VA orders
January 23, 1991 - Statement of Work (SOW) between TME and LISC for TME to provide more desktop publishing services.
February 5, 1991 - SOW #2 for TME to develop CBT packages. Authorization is granted for TME to invoice LISC on or about 2/5/91 for prepayments equal to 30% of costs. The price reflects that "ownership is retained by TME". Design and development is to "reflect previous NOAVA LTD" training demo work performed by TME.
February 5, 1991 - LISC issues Materials Request for $827,000 for TME to produce 15 non-COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) tutorials.
February 15, 1991 - TME accepts SOW for Technical Publications dated January 23, 1991.
February 15, 1991 - TME is authorized to invoice LISC for 30% of total prepayment - $248,309.25
February 26, 1991 - SOW #3. [Document # SOW-0003] LISC enters into a month-long secret bidding process with other companies for a less sophisticated CBT interface, excluding TME from that bidding. Potential vendors are told that a "linear format is acceptable". These documents do not offer ownership of the applications to the developers. Refer to Documents # SOW-0004 and # SOW-0005 for changes leading to this SOW.
March 1, 1991 - TME is authorized to invoice LISC at rate of $85.00 per hour
March 22, 1991 (Friday) - Clovice A. Lewis, Jr. was called into a meeting where it was explained to him for the first time that LISC had made the decision to proceed with a different CBT interface and that TME was being given the opportunity to bid for a contract to produce them.
March 27, 1991 - SOW #4. [Document # SOW-0006] A Rough Order Magnitude quotation per an unreferenced "Revised Statement of Work". This SOW is a modified version of the one that was used during the secret bidding process. TME is now included in the bidding process. Deadline for response was within 10 days.
March 28, 1991 - 3:30 pm. Clovice issued LISC a strongly worded letter from TME's attorney, Teresa Caldwell, warning LISC that it was in danger of breaching its contract with TME. Also submitted an invoice for work done on LTD. [Document # W-0002]
March 28, 1991 - 4:20 pm. In a subsequent meeting held later that afternoon with Bud Braiser, Ron Barale, and Mike Kerr, Clovice offered to negotiate a more "formal" contract with LISC that would not so heavily favor TME. A key demand of the letter is that TME is paid the remainder of the money owed to it for the LTD in June of 1990.
April 1, 1991 - Mike Kerr (Contract Manager) arranged a meeting with Clovice Lewis. He also said that he had gone to the Lockheed corporate legal department to get an opinion on the warning letter TME had issued the week before and on the overall status of the LISC/TME contract He told Clovice that it was his and the legal department's opinion that LISC does not have a contract, since no documents were ever signed - and added that "in all his years as a contracting officer, he had never seen a maneuver like this."
April 15, 1991 - TME responds to the first version of the SOW dated March 27, 1991 [Document # SOW-0009]. TME points out some inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the SOW. TME also warns about this being in conflict with its previous agreements with LISC.
April 15, 1991 - Claire Donovan told Clovice that she had called his home number. She told him she had different versions of the March 25 letter and had sent him the wrong version. Document # SOW-0008 is a cover letter fax to Kendall Hunt of VASCO by Dave Etter apologizing to him for sending the "incorrect copy" of the SOW. Claire Donovan’s recorded message to Clovice Lewis’ answering machine about "Wrong Quote for revised SOW".
April 19, 1991 - TME responds to the second version of the SOW dated March 27, 1991 [Document # SOW-0010]. TME points out some inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the SOW. TME also warns about this being in conflict with its previous agreements with LISC.
April 19, 1991 - TME rejects in a memo [Document # T-0008], the "Poison Bullet" attempt by LISC to trick TME into relinquishing its rights and nullifying its previous CBT and other software development contract by attaching terms and conditions that apply to its previous Desktop Publishing contract. The "Poison Bullet" Purchase Order is found in Document # T-0009. Mike Kerr was attempting to perform his own "maneuver ".
May 9, 1991 - SOW #5. [Document # SOW-0015] After the "secret" process resulted in TME actually having superior capabilities, LISC came back with yet another order for TME to develop CBT packages. This time a company called VASCO was quietly (and rather sloppily) placed into the training tutorial list for already developed software. (In violation of the first right of refusal clause of the TME/LISC contract). Authorization is granted for TME to invoice LISC for prepayments equal to 30% of costs. Note that the ownership wording has been dropped and that TME is also required to still conform to "the NOAVA LTD GUI frontend".
May 15, 1991 - TME responds to LISC SOW
May 17, 1991 - SOW #6 [Document # SOW-0012] is the last Statement of Work between TME and LISC for non-COTS tutorials that was being negotiated. Authorization is granted for TME to invoice LISC for prepayments equal to 30% of costs. Note that the ownership wording was dropped and that TME was also required to still conform to "the NOAVA LTD GUI frontend".
June 14, 1991 - TME sent a memorandum to Robert Putney and Ted Sieverson at LISC to recount the chronology of events leading to its submittal of the invoice on March 28 and demand the "banked" money payment per contract between TME and LISC.
June 18, 1991 - Ron Barale signed and dated the TME memo of June 14, 1991 to Robert Putney and Ted Sieverson. Ron Barale agreed to each point in the memo, at each paragraph stating the terms and conditions of the contract between LISC and TME. This is a vitally important document. It was not until Barale performed this act at 3:30 pm on that afternoon that the payment check was authorized for release. Of course, this also firmly establishes the legality and the efficacy of its terms and conditions of the contract beyond any doubt.
June 20, 1991 - TME sends FAX survey to Mary Brown at the VA requesting non-COTS Tutorial requirements.
June 25, 1991 - Mary Brown responds to TME fax of June 20. It was clear that the Statements of Work we were receiving from LISC required us to develop products that were at variance with what the VA wanted, and that the VA might actually reject software produced under the SOWs had the VA received them.
June 28, 1991 - TME was paid the balance of the money it was owed on the work it did for the LTD, per its contract with LISC.
July 23, 1991 - Fearing that the VA had been told that TME could not or would not produce the non-COTS (May 17 was our last Statement of Work from LISC), and that the requirements for computer-based training had changed, TME sent by registered mail a package to Mary Brown, Claudia Fletcher, and William Stapleton at the VA [Document T-0016]. The packages detail how LISC had defrauded the VA and TME.
August 1991 /November 1991 - Throughout the Summer and Fall of 1991 LISC made plans to develop most of the non-COTS CBT with other companies, to develop the computer-aided instruction (CAl) internally, and essentially cut TME out of the NOAVA program altogether.
November 8, 1991 - Clovice received a letter from Barbara Kursteiner [Document # LMT-0001] demanding a radical reduction of prices for TME products. The letter claims that LISC has received "a significant VA demand for the NOAVA products", although it does not hazard a guess as to how many pieces of TME DMT software the VA will be rushing to buy.
November 11, 1991 - Clovice Lewis had a meeting with Dave Etter Training Manager) and Jeannie Llewellyn (an assistant). That was the first time he was told that LISC has abandoned development of non-COTs tutorials altogether.
November 11, 1991 - Alwyn I. Lewis, Randall Arnwine, David Smith, and I met with Ron Barale to discuss LISC's need to satisfy the VA's request for an electronic version of the NOAVA Usage Manual
November 14, 1991 - We went to the program manager of the NOAVA program (Ron Barale) with both a description of the features and a fully functional demonstration version of our Electronic NUM
November 25, 1991 - we met with Andy Trice, who asked us on Ron's behalf to provide LISC management with a Cost/Benefits Analysis.
November 26, 1991, 8:00 a.m. - David Smith and Clovice gave a demonstration of our E-NUM to Ted Sieverson, Dennis Dougherty, Robert Poon, Ron Barale, and Mel Hulse.
November 27, 1991 - TME submits an analysis which incorporated all the elements which were requested [Document # TEN-0002]
December 6, 1991 - Clovice was sent to demonstrate the TME E-NUM at 1090 Vermont Avenue #920 LISC Washington office at 9:00 a.m. to the VA in Washington D.C.
January 6, 1992 - TME was asked to submit a Memorandum of Understanding forthe E-NUM. Andy Trice and Claire Donovan were at this meeting [Document # TEN-0003].
January 10, 1992 - TME submitted a thorough and detailed Memorandum of Understanding [Document # TEN-0004]
January 17, 1992 - Clovice meets with Dennis and R.W. Smith to discuss such topics as anticipated technical support from TME for changes to the design, update policy, and other minor technical points.
January 20, 1992 - This second post-memorandum meeting was held between Clovice, Alwyn Lewis, Dennis, and Bob Pine.
February 5, 1992 - LISC told TME that we would have to bid in competition with other companies for the E-NUM!
February 5, 1992 - SOW #7. LISC hand-delivers to TME a SOW [Document # LEN-0006] dated February 4, 1992 for production of the E-NUM. The specifications are bizarre.
February 14, 1992 - TME was Informed that the deadline for the proposal was extended to February 18 to "be more fair to the other companies".
February 17, 1992 - TME responds to LISC request for an e-NUM [Document # TEN-0006].
February 18, 1992 - TME sent a strongly worded memorandum to LISC Ron Barale and Ted Sieverson to register our great unhappiness and bewilderment at their actions. [Document # W-0003]. Certified Mail Receipts are found in Documents W-0003C and W-0003D
February 22, 1992 - LISC was to have offered E-NUM to the VA
February 24, 1992 - LISC insisted on what it called a Best and Final Offer (BAFO) phase of the bidding process sent to TME and other companies on February 24, to be due by February 27. [Document # LEN-0008]
February 27, 1992 - TME response to BAFO for the E-NUM [Document # TEN-0007-2].
February 27, 1992 - TME memorandum (TMS BAFO) reveals that LISC actually solicited an entirely different pricing scheme from TME - one that would ensure that their prices would be lower that TME's.
February 28, 1992 (Friday) - TME was told initially that a decision on the BAFO would be made the next day. When that deadline was past, TME was told a decision would be made by Monday, March 2, 1992.
March 4, 1992 - TME was ordered by Jeannie Lleweling in a memorandum to submit a bid for the Self-Instructional software that LISC will need for the NOAVA program.
March 5, 1992 - Mike Kerr, the LISC Contracting Officer, finally responded to TME's memorandum from February 18 protesting the request for proposal.
March 6, 1992 - TME was approached by Dave Etter to produce what he called a "quick and dirty" set of computer-based software tools to furnish user orientation on software supplied by LISC for the NOAVA program called Installed Product Orientation Tools (IPO).
March 19, 1992 - IPO Discussion with Dave Etter
March 23, 1992 - At 4:00 p.m. Clovice Lewis and Alwyn Lewis had a meeting with Mike Kerr and Claire Donovan. Mike Kerr informed them that the TME E-NUM was rejected because of cost and risk.
March 27, 1992 - TME provides LISC Training with an estimate for the NOAVA Installed Product Orientation Tools [Document # T-0018].
April 21, 1992 - TME received a single order for Desktop Management Tools [Document # DMPO-0003]. The price for the software had been dropped by LISC without agreement from TME.
July 28, 1992 - TME sends a memo to Jim Janssen and Barbara Kursteiner at the VA about LISC, telling them of the dispute over DMT prices and requests their cooperation. The memo was never responded to.
August 6, 1992 - TME sent another registered and certified mailing to the VA. This mailing was initiated by the news that, after months of delay, LISC and TMS had finally delivered a prototype of the E-NUM for evaluation purposes to the VA. The mailing went to William Stapleton, now Director of Technical Procurement for the VA and Larry Flagg, Stapleton's successor in charge of NOAVA Program Procurement. The mailing contained a cover letter and an exhaustively detailed and thoroughly annotated account of the process LISC employed to acquire and produce the E-NUM. The letter was never responded to.
September 1992 - The Post Office sent a tracer to the VA to find the August 6, 1992 mailing. There was no response.
October 1992 - The Post Office sent a tracer to the VA to find the August 6, 1992 mailing. There was no response.
November 17, 1992 - TME had the main branch in Fremont send a mandatory response (PS Form 1510) to find the August 6, 1992 mailing to the VA.
December 7, 1992 - The VA responded to the two PS Form 1510 sent on November 17, 1992. The forms, for both William Stapleton and Larry Flagg, were responded to by William Stapleton in his handwriting, with exactly the same annotation: "Not Received. Without more of a description of the article I can't tell if it was received or not." The Post Office, however, was able to prove that both packages were, in fact, delivered on August 10, 1992, and were received by a person named L. Banks - at the Post Office in the VA facility where both Larry Flagg and William Stapleton work
June 17, 1990 - [Document # T-0004 / T-0005] TME entered into an agreement with Lockheed Integrated Solutions Company (LISC) to provide it with: 1) Computer Based Training software and 2) Desktop Management Tools in support of a proposal LISC had submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the NOAVA program. Another, separate agreement was for Desktop Management Tools.
June 21, 1990 - [Document # T-0011-2B] Ron Barale gives go-ahead for agreement with TME.
September 8, 1990 - TME is incorporated in anticipation of possible NOAVA contract award.
December 19, 1991 - [Document # LM-0007] NOAVA contract was awarded to LISC.
January 14, 1991 - SOW #1 [Document # SOW-0001] for TME to develop 15 CBT packages. Authorization is granted for TME to invoice LISC monthly starting March 1, 1991 at $85 per hour. TME is also to prepare descriptions of tutorials for inclusion into the NUM. Design and development is to "reflect previous NOAVA LTD" training demo work performed by TME.
January 14, 1991 - LISC "Sole-Source Justification" is produced by Dave Etter to Bob Putney describing the need to have TME produce NOAVA tutorial training packages.
January 21, 1991 - TME met with Bud Braiser to discuss our plan to have LISC pre-pay percentage of VA orders
January 23, 1991 - Statement of Work (SOW) between TME and LISC for TME to provide more desktop publishing services.
February 5, 1991 - SOW #2 for TME to develop CBT packages. Authorization is granted for TME to invoice LISC on or about 2/5/91 for prepayments equal to 30% of costs. The price reflects that "ownership is retained by TME". Design and development is to "reflect previous NOAVA LTD" training demo work performed by TME.
February 5, 1991 - LISC issues Materials Request for $827,000 for TME to produce 15 non-COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) tutorials.
February 15, 1991 - TME accepts SOW for Technical Publications dated January 23, 1991.
February 15, 1991 - TME is authorized to invoice LISC for 30% of total prepayment - $248,309.25
February 26, 1991 - SOW #3. [Document # SOW-0003] LISC enters into a month-long secret bidding process with other companies for a less sophisticated CBT interface, excluding TME from that bidding. Potential vendors are told that a "linear format is acceptable". These documents do not offer ownership of the applications to the developers. Refer to Documents # SOW-0004 and # SOW-0005 for changes leading to this SOW.
March 1, 1991 - TME is authorized to invoice LISC at rate of $85.00 per hour
March 22, 1991 (Friday) - Clovice A. Lewis, Jr. was called into a meeting where it was explained to him for the first time that LISC had made the decision to proceed with a different CBT interface and that TME was being given the opportunity to bid for a contract to produce them.
March 27, 1991 - SOW #4. [Document # SOW-0006] A Rough Order Magnitude quotation per an unreferenced "Revised Statement of Work". This SOW is a modified version of the one that was used during the secret bidding process. TME is now included in the bidding process. Deadline for response was within 10 days.
March 28, 1991 - 3:30 pm. Clovice issued LISC a strongly worded letter from TME's attorney, Teresa Caldwell, warning LISC that it was in danger of breaching its contract with TME. Also submitted an invoice for work done on LTD. [Document # W-0002]
March 28, 1991 - 4:20 pm. In a subsequent meeting held later that afternoon with Bud Braiser, Ron Barale, and Mike Kerr, Clovice offered to negotiate a more "formal" contract with LISC that would not so heavily favor TME. A key demand of the letter is that TME is paid the remainder of the money owed to it for the LTD in June of 1990.
April 1, 1991 - Mike Kerr (Contract Manager) arranged a meeting with Clovice Lewis. He also said that he had gone to the Lockheed corporate legal department to get an opinion on the warning letter TME had issued the week before and on the overall status of the LISC/TME contract He told Clovice that it was his and the legal department's opinion that LISC does not have a contract, since no documents were ever signed - and added that "in all his years as a contracting officer, he had never seen a maneuver like this."
April 15, 1991 - TME responds to the first version of the SOW dated March 27, 1991 [Document # SOW-0009]. TME points out some inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the SOW. TME also warns about this being in conflict with its previous agreements with LISC.
April 15, 1991 - Claire Donovan told Clovice that she had called his home number. She told him she had different versions of the March 25 letter and had sent him the wrong version. Document # SOW-0008 is a cover letter fax to Kendall Hunt of VASCO by Dave Etter apologizing to him for sending the "incorrect copy" of the SOW. Claire Donovan’s recorded message to Clovice Lewis’ answering machine about "Wrong Quote for revised SOW".
April 19, 1991 - TME responds to the second version of the SOW dated March 27, 1991 [Document # SOW-0010]. TME points out some inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the SOW. TME also warns about this being in conflict with its previous agreements with LISC.
April 19, 1991 - TME rejects in a memo [Document # T-0008], the "Poison Bullet" attempt by LISC to trick TME into relinquishing its rights and nullifying its previous CBT and other software development contract by attaching terms and conditions that apply to its previous Desktop Publishing contract. The "Poison Bullet" Purchase Order is found in Document # T-0009. Mike Kerr was attempting to perform his own "maneuver ".
May 9, 1991 - SOW #5. [Document # SOW-0015] After the "secret" process resulted in TME actually having superior capabilities, LISC came back with yet another order for TME to develop CBT packages. This time a company called VASCO was quietly (and rather sloppily) placed into the training tutorial list for already developed software. (In violation of the first right of refusal clause of the TME/LISC contract). Authorization is granted for TME to invoice LISC for prepayments equal to 30% of costs. Note that the ownership wording has been dropped and that TME is also required to still conform to "the NOAVA LTD GUI frontend".
May 15, 1991 - TME responds to LISC SOW
May 17, 1991 - SOW #6 [Document # SOW-0012] is the last Statement of Work between TME and LISC for non-COTS tutorials that was being negotiated. Authorization is granted for TME to invoice LISC for prepayments equal to 30% of costs. Note that the ownership wording was dropped and that TME was also required to still conform to "the NOAVA LTD GUI frontend".
June 14, 1991 - TME sent a memorandum to Robert Putney and Ted Sieverson at LISC to recount the chronology of events leading to its submittal of the invoice on March 28 and demand the "banked" money payment per contract between TME and LISC.
June 18, 1991 - Ron Barale signed and dated the TME memo of June 14, 1991 to Robert Putney and Ted Sieverson. Ron Barale agreed to each point in the memo, at each paragraph stating the terms and conditions of the contract between LISC and TME. This is a vitally important document. It was not until Barale performed this act at 3:30 pm on that afternoon that the payment check was authorized for release. Of course, this also firmly establishes the legality and the efficacy of its terms and conditions of the contract beyond any doubt.
June 20, 1991 - TME sends FAX survey to Mary Brown at the VA requesting non-COTS Tutorial requirements.
June 25, 1991 - Mary Brown responds to TME fax of June 20. It was clear that the Statements of Work we were receiving from LISC required us to develop products that were at variance with what the VA wanted, and that the VA might actually reject software produced under the SOWs had the VA received them.
June 28, 1991 - TME was paid the balance of the money it was owed on the work it did for the LTD, per its contract with LISC.
July 23, 1991 - Fearing that the VA had been told that TME could not or would not produce the non-COTS (May 17 was our last Statement of Work from LISC), and that the requirements for computer-based training had changed, TME sent by registered mail a package to Mary Brown, Claudia Fletcher, and William Stapleton at the VA [Document T-0016]. The packages detail how LISC had defrauded the VA and TME.
August 1991 /November 1991 - Throughout the Summer and Fall of 1991 LISC made plans to develop most of the non-COTS CBT with other companies, to develop the computer-aided instruction (CAl) internally, and essentially cut TME out of the NOAVA program altogether.
November 8, 1991 - Clovice received a letter from Barbara Kursteiner [Document # LMT-0001] demanding a radical reduction of prices for TME products. The letter claims that LISC has received "a significant VA demand for the NOAVA products", although it does not hazard a guess as to how many pieces of TME DMT software the VA will be rushing to buy.
November 11, 1991 - Clovice Lewis had a meeting with Dave Etter Training Manager) and Jeannie Llewellyn (an assistant). That was the first time he was told that LISC has abandoned development of non-COTs tutorials altogether.
November 11, 1991 - Alwyn I. Lewis, Randall Arnwine, David Smith, and I met with Ron Barale to discuss LISC's need to satisfy the VA's request for an electronic version of the NOAVA Usage Manual
November 14, 1991 - We went to the program manager of the NOAVA program (Ron Barale) with both a description of the features and a fully functional demonstration version of our Electronic NUM
November 25, 1991 - we met with Andy Trice, who asked us on Ron's behalf to provide LISC management with a Cost/Benefits Analysis.
November 26, 1991, 8:00 a.m. - David Smith and Clovice gave a demonstration of our E-NUM to Ted Sieverson, Dennis Dougherty, Robert Poon, Ron Barale, and Mel Hulse.
November 27, 1991 - TME submits an analysis which incorporated all the elements which were requested [Document # TEN-0002]
December 6, 1991 - Clovice was sent to demonstrate the TME E-NUM at 1090 Vermont Avenue #920 LISC Washington office at 9:00 a.m. to the VA in Washington D.C.
January 6, 1992 - TME was asked to submit a Memorandum of Understanding forthe E-NUM. Andy Trice and Claire Donovan were at this meeting [Document # TEN-0003].
January 10, 1992 - TME submitted a thorough and detailed Memorandum of Understanding [Document # TEN-0004]
January 17, 1992 - Clovice meets with Dennis and R.W. Smith to discuss such topics as anticipated technical support from TME for changes to the design, update policy, and other minor technical points.
January 20, 1992 - This second post-memorandum meeting was held between Clovice, Alwyn Lewis, Dennis, and Bob Pine.
February 5, 1992 - LISC told TME that we would have to bid in competition with other companies for the E-NUM!
February 5, 1992 - SOW #7. LISC hand-delivers to TME a SOW [Document # LEN-0006] dated February 4, 1992 for production of the E-NUM. The specifications are bizarre.
February 14, 1992 - TME was Informed that the deadline for the proposal was extended to February 18 to "be more fair to the other companies".
February 17, 1992 - TME responds to LISC request for an e-NUM [Document # TEN-0006].
February 18, 1992 - TME sent a strongly worded memorandum to LISC Ron Barale and Ted Sieverson to register our great unhappiness and bewilderment at their actions. [Document # W-0003]. Certified Mail Receipts are found in Documents W-0003C and W-0003D
February 22, 1992 - LISC was to have offered E-NUM to the VA
February 24, 1992 - LISC insisted on what it called a Best and Final Offer (BAFO) phase of the bidding process sent to TME and other companies on February 24, to be due by February 27. [Document # LEN-0008]
February 27, 1992 - TME response to BAFO for the E-NUM [Document # TEN-0007-2].
February 27, 1992 - TME memorandum (TMS BAFO) reveals that LISC actually solicited an entirely different pricing scheme from TME - one that would ensure that their prices would be lower that TME's.
February 28, 1992 (Friday) - TME was told initially that a decision on the BAFO would be made the next day. When that deadline was past, TME was told a decision would be made by Monday, March 2, 1992.
March 4, 1992 - TME was ordered by Jeannie Lleweling in a memorandum to submit a bid for the Self-Instructional software that LISC will need for the NOAVA program.
March 5, 1992 - Mike Kerr, the LISC Contracting Officer, finally responded to TME's memorandum from February 18 protesting the request for proposal.
March 6, 1992 - TME was approached by Dave Etter to produce what he called a "quick and dirty" set of computer-based software tools to furnish user orientation on software supplied by LISC for the NOAVA program called Installed Product Orientation Tools (IPO).
March 19, 1992 - IPO Discussion with Dave Etter
March 23, 1992 - At 4:00 p.m. Clovice Lewis and Alwyn Lewis had a meeting with Mike Kerr and Claire Donovan. Mike Kerr informed them that the TME E-NUM was rejected because of cost and risk.
March 27, 1992 - TME provides LISC Training with an estimate for the NOAVA Installed Product Orientation Tools [Document # T-0018].
April 21, 1992 - TME received a single order for Desktop Management Tools [Document # DMPO-0003]. The price for the software had been dropped by LISC without agreement from TME.
July 28, 1992 - TME sends a memo to Jim Janssen and Barbara Kursteiner at the VA about LISC, telling them of the dispute over DMT prices and requests their cooperation. The memo was never responded to.
August 6, 1992 - TME sent another registered and certified mailing to the VA. This mailing was initiated by the news that, after months of delay, LISC and TMS had finally delivered a prototype of the E-NUM for evaluation purposes to the VA. The mailing went to William Stapleton, now Director of Technical Procurement for the VA and Larry Flagg, Stapleton's successor in charge of NOAVA Program Procurement. The mailing contained a cover letter and an exhaustively detailed and thoroughly annotated account of the process LISC employed to acquire and produce the E-NUM. The letter was never responded to.
September 1992 - The Post Office sent a tracer to the VA to find the August 6, 1992 mailing. There was no response.
October 1992 - The Post Office sent a tracer to the VA to find the August 6, 1992 mailing. There was no response.
November 17, 1992 - TME had the main branch in Fremont send a mandatory response (PS Form 1510) to find the August 6, 1992 mailing to the VA.
December 7, 1992 - The VA responded to the two PS Form 1510 sent on November 17, 1992. The forms, for both William Stapleton and Larry Flagg, were responded to by William Stapleton in his handwriting, with exactly the same annotation: "Not Received. Without more of a description of the article I can't tell if it was received or not." The Post Office, however, was able to prove that both packages were, in fact, delivered on August 10, 1992, and were received by a person named L. Banks - at the Post Office in the VA facility where both Larry Flagg and William Stapleton work
NOTE: Lockheed Martin Corporation does not now own, nor is it associated with, Lockheed Integrated Solutions Company. In all instances "Lockheed" is an abbreviation for Lockheed Integrated Solutions Company. The story presented in this website is for historical and educational purposes only. It is a true account of how systemic racism operated in a corporation in the past, and an exposé of how it operates in the present.