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Homeland Security

DHS Solicits for Enhancements to Risk Assessment Process

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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a solicitation for the development of enhancements to existing Office of Risk Management Analysis Risk Assessment Process for Informed Decision-making (RAPID) methodology. The effort is a small business set-aside. The goal of the project is to develop state-of-the-art methodological enhancements and or improvements to an existing Probabilistic Risk Assessment approach used currently in RAPID II. The proposed enhancements will later be implemented in RAPID III. Sol. No. HSHQDC-10-Q-004400. Respond by Sept. 1.…

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