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DHS Sticks With RAND To Lead Homeland Security FFRDC

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 14th, 2022

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DHS Sticks With RAND To Lead Homeland Security FFRDC

The Department of Homeland Security has selected the non-profit RAND Corp. to continue to lead a federally-funded research and development center (FFRDC) that provides mission level technical and integration expertise to department leaders and managers. DHS on Thursday said it plans to award RAND a potential five-year, $495 million contract for the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC). DHS in 2016 awarded RAND a $494.7 million to run the HSOAC, which replaced the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute that…

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