There’s was article today in Federal Computer Week about the Department of State’s (DOS) recent purchase of 16,000 or so PCs from Lenovo, a Chinese company with ties to the Chinese government.  Seems a little bizarre to me that a US Government agency, especially one with a critical mission such as the DOS would  this.

But, having done business with Uncle Sam for many years, I guess I should not be surprised… Lenovo was probably the low bidder and met the minimum requirements…and obviously, DOS viewed Lenovo as a qualified and reputable bidder.

Wonder how many PCs the Chinese government has purchased lately from Dell, Gateway and HP?