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Unisys Gets DHS Contract Worth Up to $750 million

Posted by samzenpus on from the sign-on-the-dotted-line dept.

feamsr00 writes "In an affirmation of its business relationship with Unisys Corp., the Department of Homeland Security awarded the Blue Bell firm a "bridge" contract worth up to $750 million. Some controversy erupted in the fall after it was reported that the government was auditing a Unisys contract because the company had possibly overbilled the Transportation Security Administration by as much as 171,000 hours of labor and overtime. TSA is a division of the Homeland Security department. Unisys is also to upgrade the Department of Homeland Security's headquarters facility in Washington."

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  1. Thank God for the Government's Incompetence ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's the only thing preventing our complete loss of freedoms.

  2. Re:A more corrupt version of IBM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, that's pretty much all we do. Awful outsourcing at huge prices. The funny thing, we outsource our internal helpdesk to Bangalore. -Unisys Employee.

  3. DHS Windows upgrade by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Funny
    Unisys is also to upgrade the Department of Homeland Security's headquarters facility in Washington.

    WMF patch rollout Tuesday.

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  4. Re:that's great. by aywwts4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dont worry, once you see the heaps of giant flatscreen monitors and really cool custom "Terrortracking" GUIs just flashing random information on the screens faster than anyone could processs the information you will feel much safer. Oh and its all going to make cool Beeps and Boops, alienware is supplying the cases, and Dont let me forget to mention the tinted glass walls everywhere and blue and red gelled accent lighting, oh, and the lasers!

    I mean, atleast, if its anything like TV.

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  5. I wonder by Comatose51 · · Score: 4, Funny
    the Department of Homeland Security awarded the Blue Bell firm a "bridge" contract worth up to $750 million

    Does this "bridge" contract involve the sale of a bridge somewhere in New York City to someone?

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  6. Re:Cronyism is the end result of democracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Unisys is not the bad guy here: they are taking advantage of the system the voters put in place."

    In the same sense that the guy putting a brick through your window and robbing you blind isn't the bad guy, he's just taking advantage of your inadequate security measures.

    Don't kid yourself sir, Unisys, the guys who cut my paycheque every month, are indeed a bunch of bad guys.