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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. pardon me? by Combas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Man I wish I was in security right now.

    I just find it amazing how security experts are getting paid such big bucks yet according to recent audits show they arent really making things all that much safer.

    1. Re:pardon me? by biocute · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They don't have to make things much safer, they only have to make people feel that things are much safer now.

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  2. 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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