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Homeland Security

A-TEK Gets $58M to Support BioWatch

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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a 52-month, $57.5 million contract to A-TEK, Inc., to provide direct laboratory staffing services to DHS' BioWatch program. Under the contract A-TEK will provide 133 support staff positions in 19 states. A-TEK, which is based in Northern Virginia, says it has provided similar services to DHS in the past but now will be provided those services directly. Under BioWatch, DHS uses airborne collectors in select urban environments for the detection of certain…

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