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$10B IT Procurement by Homeland Security Halved, Now Delayed Indefinitely, according to Govt Computer News

DHS delays $5b systems procurement
By Wilson P. Dizard III GCN Staff -05/10/04
The Homeland Security Department has put the $5 billion, five-year Security Planning and Integrated Resources for Information Technology procurement on hold. The procurement is planned to cover almost every IT service needed in the department (Click for Sept. 15, 2003, GCN story) The department earlier had planned to request proposals for the Spirit project on May 18, according to Input Inc., a Reston, Va., market research firm. In mid-February, DHS issued a notice that the procurement would be pared back to $5 billion and five years from its earlier planned level of $10 billion and 10 years.