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Contract Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 20th, 2018

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USCIS Awards PAE $292M for Application Support CentersPAE has received a potential $291.7 million contract from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to help support and manage Application Support Centers, which the agency uses to collect applicant biometrics and identity data for processing for immigration benefits such as green cards, student visas, asylum, and refugee status. PAE was the incumbent for the work through its acquisition in 2015 of the Global Security and Solutions business unit from US Investigations Services.DISA…

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