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Business/Financial

IBM To Acquire Federal Services Firm National Interest Security Company

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Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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IBM [IBM] said this week it has agreed to acquire systems engineering and professional services provider National Interest Security Company, LLC (NISC) to greatly expand its service offerings to the federal government. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. NISC, based in Northern Virginia, has over 1,000 employees. Its customers include intelligence agencies, the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Energy, and other federal civilian and health agencies. NISC's expertise includes systems engineering, biometrics, document and media exploitation, systems…

Congress

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