To give a little bit of background on this investigation, it involved an agency that was part of a larger department. The award of the contract in question was to a not-for-profit organization. The complainant felt that it was not fair. He also felt that the agency was involved in the creation of the organization, was sitting on its board of directors, and had shared space. So there was a lot of information that we had to work with.
When we contacted the department--which we do on every investigation by legislation, and also with the written permission of the complainant--the agency immediately undertook an internal review. As we moved forward on the investigation, they recognized that there was certainly the potential for an appearance of a conflict of interest. They immediately undertook internal changes to the structure, and they actually stopped their relationship with the organization completely.