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Justice Department Sues To Block Booz Allen’s Acquisition Of EverWatch

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 30th, 2022

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The Department of Justice on Wednesday said it is moving to block Booz Allen Hamilton’s [BAH] proposed acquisition of the software and analytics company EverWatch, alleging the deal would eliminate competition for an intelligence community customer. A statement issued by the department Wednesday evening said that the two companies are the only competitors for an operational modeling and simulation services contract in support of the National Security Agency (NSA) and warned that even the acquisition agreement alone reduces competition because…

Congress

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Congress

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