SAIC Awarded Five Task Orders Totaling $189 Million from U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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SAIC Awarded Five Task Orders Totaling $189 Million from U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Company to Provide Technical Support and Services to Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE)
MCLEAN, Va. and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science
Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it
has been awarded five task orders by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to support the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of the
Chief Information Officer. The task orders were awarded under the DHS EAGLE
contract and have a total value of more than $189 million if all options are
exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Washington, D.C.
ICE protects national security by enforcing the nation's customs and
immigration laws. The agency works with components of DHS and federal, state,
and local organizations to secure the country and preserve personal freedoms.
Under these task orders, SAIC will support ICE modernization and help maintain
the agency's core applications in areas including intelligence, international
affairs, investigations, and detention and removal. These efforts will help
ICE enhance their information sharing, integration, and systems assurance
strategies, enabling international, federal, state, and local law enforcement
agencies to more effectively share information and better identify potential
threats.
"SAIC is honored by the 15-year legacy of trust that ICE has placed with our
people, processes, and innovation. These five recompete task order awards
allow SAIC to further enhance ICE's capabilities in information sharing,
analyst-to-agent collaboration, and data exploitation to enhance national
security and make our communities safer," said Doug Wagoner, SAIC senior vice
president and business unit general manager.
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500(® )scientific, engineering, and technology applications
company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital
importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the
environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The company's approximately
45,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the
intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S.
Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in
McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of $10.1 billion for its fiscal year
ended January 31, 2009. For more information, visit www.saic.com. SAIC:
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Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information,
constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A
number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements,
or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of
these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in
SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2009, and
other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such
uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
Contact: Melissa Koskovich Laura Luke
(703) 676-6762 (703) 676-6533
melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com laura.luke@saic.com
SOURCE SAIC
Melissa Koskovich, +1-703-676-6762, melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com, or Laura
Luke, +1-703-676-6533, laura.luke@saic.com, both of SAIC
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