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Homeland Security

DHS Awards Perspecta $112 Million For Continued Data Center Support

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 15th, 2020

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DHS Awards Perspecta $112 Million For Continued Data Center Support

The Department of Homeland Security last week awarded Perspecta [PRSP] a potential $112 million contract to continue to provide contractor owned and operated data storage and management services to one of the department’s data centers while it is being retired. Perspecta is the incumbent on the contract, which it won in 2015. The new award, announced last Friday on the government’s procurement website, has a two-year base period and two six-month options and kicks in later this month. In February,…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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Budget

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

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Congress

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

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