[privacy] Server in The Sky: FBI Expected to Award NGI Contract to Lockheed Mart in

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via FCW.com.

[snip]

The FBI is expected to announce as early as today that it has awarded a $1
billion biometric database contract to Lockheed Martin, industry sources
say.

An FBI spokesman said he anticipated the agency would make an announcement
as early as today but did not confirm who won. Industry sources close to
the competition said the FBI has notified the bidders that Lockheed Martin
was awarded the contract.

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More:
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151608-1.html

For background, simply Google for "Server in The Sky".

Also, given that Lockheed Martin is also the contractor "conducting"
the UK 2011 National Census, this should be rather worrisome,
regardless of MP assurances:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7231186.stm

- - ferg

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