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Booz Allen Hamilton Wins $326 Million Task Order To Support JIDO

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

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The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] a nearly $326 million ceiling cost-plus-award-fee task order to provide secure and reliable Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) operations globally in support of the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO), the department said Monday.JIDO’s mission is to enable the department's actions to counter improvised threats with tactical responsiveness and through anticipatory, rapid acquisition in support of combatant commands’ efforts to prepare for and adapt to battlefield surprises/ This covers support of counter-terrorism,…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

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Congress

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Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

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