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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

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Coast Guard Selects Five Firms for Financial Management Services The Coast Guard has selected AOC Solutions, BearingPoint, Inc. [BE], Grant Thornton, KForce Government Solutions and Pricewaterhouse Coopers to compete for task orders under a potential five-year, $104.8 million Blanket Purchase Agreement for financial management support services. The selections were actually made on May 30 although BearingPoint just disclosed the win. BearingPoint says task orders it garners under the award will allow it to help the Coast Guard with improving internal…

Army

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

All Future Systems Should Have Autonomy Features, Reed Says

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