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ANSER, MITRE Get New FFRDC Contracts With DHS

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Friday, March 6th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology branch yesterday awarded two contracts to the non-profit firms Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER) and MITRE Corp. to establish and run two new Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) to deepen the department's research capabilities. Both contracts have a base-year and four one-year options with MITRE's potentially worth $443 million and ANSER's $269 million. "FFRDCs enable us to use private sector resources for long-term research and development needs…

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