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Briefing

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

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G4S Government Solutions, Inc., has received a $94.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Protective Service, to provide armed protective security officer services throughout Michigan. MRIGlobal has received a potential five-year, $4 million contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for prepared biological samples in a variety of sample matrices to be used for validation of Laboratory Response Network assays. The samples will be used as part of the LRN proficiency testing program, which is…

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