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DHS To Extend Accenture’s US-VISIT Contract

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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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Accenture [ACN] yesterday said that the Department of Homeland Security has notified the company that it will exercise the first option year of a three-year old contract aimed at tracking the arrivals of foreign visitors to the United States. The potential multi-billion dollar United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) contract was awarded to Accenture in May 2004 (Defense Daily, June 2, 2004). The contract has a five-year base period, which runs into May 2009, and the potential…

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