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Technology Providers Establishing Consortium To Work With DHS On Border Security

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, May 25th, 2012

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A non-profit collaboration management firm is working with industry, academia and the Department of Homeland Security to establish a new consortium that would bring together a range of companies and other organizations to provide the department with access to innovative border security technology quickly. The Border Security Technology Consortium (BSTC), which stood up this month, hopes to work with DHS through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) method of contracting that provides benefits for the government customer and its commercial and…

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