DHS Hires Booz to Finish Cyberattack Drill Job

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http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-report/2014/02/dhs-hires-booz-finish-cyberattack-drill-job/78833/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
February 13, 2014

The Homeland Security Department has decided to extend a contract for help 
on a biennial cyberattack drill with Booz Allen Hamilton.

The roughly $400,000 follow-on runs from Feb. 6 through April 6, according 
to a Jan. 13 justification for not letting other firms bid on the upcoming 
work. Booz won a five-year $15 million contract for the project in 2009.

Booz was unable to get the job done on time due to hiccups in the federal 
billing cycle, DHS said..

"The delays can be entirely attributed to government action, including the 
government shutdown," DHS officials said in the justification, which was 
signed Jan. 13. Homeland Security offices "would like to complete planned 
deliverables that have projected schedule delays through no fault of the 
contractor."

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