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Homeland Security

Contract Awards

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

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Contract Awards

Peraton Nabs $81M Task Order to Provide Background Investigations Services for USCIS Peraton has received a potential $81 million task order to provide background investigations services in support of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The task order represents new work for Peraton, which now supports 12 federal programs with security background investigations. The work for USCIS will continue into 2026 if all options are exercised. Peraton said it will also perform automated checks of security-relevant information of employees as…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]