Y-12 Security Breach: WSI leaves Oak Ridge

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://oakridgetoday.com/2013/03/25/y-12-security-breach-wsi-leaves-oak-ridge/

By John Huotari
Oak Ridge Today
March 25, 2013

After 13 years of protecting federal facilities, WSI Oak Ridge has left the 
Secret City.

Friday was the last day for many employees at WSI, and the contract ended 
Sunday, spokeswoman Courtney Henry said.

Formerly known as Wackenhut Services Inc., the company once provided up to 
1,000 security police officers and support staff at federal facilities that 
included East Tennessee Technology Park, the Joe L. Evins Federal Building, Oak 
Ridge National Laboratory, and Y-12 National Security Complex.

But WSI lost its contract to guard Y-12, a National Nuclear Security 
Administration site, after the July 28 security breach, and it did not win a 
separate contract to protect local U.S. Department of Energy sites, including 
ETTP, ORNL, the Federal Building, and the rest of the Oak Ridge Reservation. 
That contract was awarded to National Strategic Protective Services LLC, or 
NSPS.

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