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Monday, September 30th, 2013

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DHS Contractor Warning. Nick Nayak, the chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, last Friday sent a letter to the contractor community warning them that if there is a shutdown in federal government operations on beginning with the new fiscal year tomorrow, some programs may stop and new projects canceled. If there is a lapse in appropriations, “certain planned procurements may be canceled and certain existing contracts may be stopped, reduced in scope, terminated or partially terminated,” Nayak…

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