Industry and good-government groups criticize a new database that would be used to judge contractors before making awards.

Access to contractor misconduct database restricted in Senate bill Lacking support, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., agrees to make proposed database available only to government officials.

Lacking support, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., agrees to make proposed database available only to government officials. A bill mandating the creation of a federal contractor misconduct database is ...

The watchdog group's announcement coincides with the launch of the government's new federal contractor responsibility database, the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System.

Federal contractor database opens for business today by Kim Hart - 04/22/10 4:15 PM ET The implementation of the law was finalized in March, and the database will be open for use starting today.