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DHS Strengthening Suspension And Debarment Program

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, October 7th, 2011

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Two years after an Inspector General report found that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had a weak record on suspending and debarring non-performing contractors, the department has bolstered its program by establishing a Suspension and Debarment Official (SDO) that is currently creating best practices for the entire department, the top DHS procurement official said yesterday. “We get this,” Nick Nayak, the chief procurement officer at DHS, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Procurement Reform. “We’re going…

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