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Cyber

Pentagon Awards Perspecta $75 Million To Modernize Background Investigation Process

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

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Pentagon Awards Perspecta $75 Million To Modernize Background Investigation Process

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Perspecta [PRSP] has received a $75 million deal to provide data and artificial intelligence services for the Pentagon’s ongoing modernization effort to better secure the background investigation and security clearance process. The Defense Security Service (DSS) and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced the Other Transaction Authority (OTA) award to Perspecta on Tuesday, which is the second such deal in the last year as the Pentagon looks to fully implement its new authority over the National Background Investigation Service (NBIS) by…

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