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Homeland Security

Black & Veatch Receives DTRA Award for Armenia

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

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Black & Veatch says it has been selected by the Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to work with the government of Armenia to develop a sustainable program to strengthen that country's human and veterinary biological threat reduction capabilities and the public health system. The project is the first time DTRA has selected a contractor to provide program design for a country before contracting for program implementation. The project is part of DTRA's Cooperative Biological Engagement Program to combat bio-terrorism…

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