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Defense Daily
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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Expands Managed Security Services With Acquisition Of Foreground Security
Continuing its expansion into the cyber security space, Raytheon [RTN] on Monday said it acquired Foreground Security, a provider of security operations centers, managed security service solutions and cyber security […]
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CongressNunes, Schiff Still Expect Deal Soon With Senate On Cyber Legislation
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and ranking member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Thursday said they still expect Congress this year to agree on a bill that incentivizes more […]
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CongressHomeland Security Committee Approves 15 Bills
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved by voice vote more than a dozen bills ranging from nuclear and aviation security to streamlining management at the Department of […]
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CongressCyber Workforce Put Off By Worries Of Government Shutdown, Rogers Says
U.S. Cyber Command overall is ahead of expectations in terms of bringing on personnel for its Cyber Mission Forces but even concerns about the potential of a government shutdown is […]
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CongressSpeed Trumped Security In Passenger Checkpoint Failures Identified By IG, TSA Chief Says
Poor passenger screening performance at airport checkpoints in the United States that was uncovered through covert testing was driven in large part on concerns about moving travelers through the security […]
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Business/FinancialDHS Awards Battelle $481 Million To Manage Biodefense Center
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week awarded Battelle a potential 10-year, $480.6 million contract to continue managing the National Biodefense Analysis Countermeasures Center (NBACC), a federally funded research […]
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Business/FinancialL-3 To Pay U.S. $4.6 Million To Settle Overcharging Allegations
The Justice Department Monday evening said that L-3 Communications [LLL] has agreed to $4.6 million to settle allegations the company overcharged for labor related to a military support contract. The […]
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Business/FinancialCoast Guard Awards L-3 $93 Million For C-130J Upgrades
The Coast Guard has awarded L-3 Communications [LLL] a potential $93 million contract to missionize the service’s C-130J long-range surveillance aircraft with a new sensor and C4ISR package. Under the […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Wins Potential $1 Billion DHS Contract For Cyber Security Support
Raytheon [RTN] on Monday said it has been awarded a potential $1 billion contract to be the systems integrator for the Department of Homeland Security’s Network Security Deployment Division, which […]
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Homeland SecurityEmployee Satisfaction At DHS Remains Low
Only 47 percent of employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consider their department a good place to work, down a percent from 2014, according to an annual government-wide […]