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After Protest Delay, Accenture Begins Work on Consolidated Credentialing System for TSA

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

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Accenture [ACN] in September received its first task order, valued at $60 million over two years, under a potential $250 million contract it won with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the spring to consolidate the agencies disparate threat assessment infrastructures. Part of what it comes down to is consolidating the various databases that currently exist to store, adjudicate and vet information about various populations, including people that apply for and receive Transportation Worker Identification Credentials, Hazardous Materials Endorsements Threat…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

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