在普华永道（KPMG）的道德状况受到考验期间，该公司未对任何新业务进行投标。
KPMG hasn’t bid for any new work while its ethical soundness is tested.
堪培拉——尽管普华永道因吹哨人指控引发对其道德状况的质疑而被禁止获得新的联邦政府合同，但联邦政府仍向该公司授予了3850万澳元的合同。
CANBERRA — The federal government awarded KPMG AUD$38.5 million, even as the company is blocked from new federal government contracts after whistleblower allegations raised questions about its ethical soundness.
普华永道已对其澳大利亚领导层进行了重组，部分合伙人退出，并宣布裁员近390人，以应对有关其滥用机密客户信息以赢得业务的指控所带来的持续影响。
KPMG has overhauled its Australian leadership, exited partners and announced nearly 390 job cuts as it grapples with the ongoing fallout from claims it misused confidential client information to win work.
财政部于6月通知各机构，停止向该公司授予在6月16日至9月30日之间（后延长至10月31日）结束呼叫请求的工作，此前前高级公务员伊恩·沃特（Ian Watt）正在调查该公司的治理、文化、道德和诚信框架。
The Department of Finance in June told agencies to stop awarding work to the firm for callouts that closed between June 16 and Sept. 30 — later extended until Oct. 31 — as former senior public servant Ian Watt investigates the firm’s governance, culture, ethics and integrity frameworks.
普华永道同意遵守规定，未对任何新业务进行投标，但冻结条款仍允许六个部门向该公司支付数千万澳元——包括在冻结生效前已敲定的合同以及对现有安排的修订。
KPMG agreed to comply and has not bid for new work, but the terms of the freeze have still allowed six departments to send tens of millions of dollars to the firm — including through contracts that were finalized before it came into effect and amendments to existing arrangements.