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Homeland Security

Briefing

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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*Lockheed Martin [LMT] won a potential $1.2 billion contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to provide human resources support to the agency's Office of Human Capital for a period of up to eight and one-half years under the Integrated Hiring Options and Personnel Program. Moreover, the contract has the flexibility, and a ceiling value of $3 billion, allowing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters to use Lockheed Martin's human resource services to meet surge requirements. General Dynamics [GD] provides…

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