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NNSA to Contract for More JASON Work by April

Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

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NNSA to Contract for More JASON Work by April

The Department of Energy plans to issue the MITRE Corp.-funded JASON group of civilian scientists more nuclear security work by the end of April, according to a procurement note published last week. The civilian agency in February announced that its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) planned to keep JASON on the job for another year. Thursday's procurement note provides further details about the arrangement. NNSA took ownership of McLean, Va.-based MITRE Corp.’s contract last year, after the Pentagon on…

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