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Homeland Security

BTF Says BOSS-U Orders Coming Soon

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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

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Task orders under a new contract vehicle meant to help provide better oversight and effectiveness of the Defense Department's growing array of biometrics projects will appear in the "coming months," says the agency responsible for the Biometrics Operations and Support Services Unrestricted (BOSS-U) contract. The Army's Biometrics Task Force (BTF) last month selected 12 firms to compete for task orders under the potential five-year, $497 million BOSS-U contract (TR2, Jan. 7). Forthcoming orders "include procurement of the supplies and services…

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