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DHS’ Confidence In Northrop Grumman Proposal For Biometric System Higher Than Leidos, GAO Decision Shows

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

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The Department of Homeland Security’s award to Northrop Grumman [NOC] last fall of a contract to develop a new biometric storage and matching system was based on having higher confidence than the one losing bidder that protested, which was Leidos [LDOS], and to a lesser degree a lower price, according the Government Accountability Office (GAO).GAO rejected the Leidos protest in January but delayed releasing its decision rationale until after all parties had a chance to scrub the document for sensitive…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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