GSA awards $99 million contract for IT support to combat drug trafficking

[The Straight Story]

GSA awards $99 million contract for IT support to combat drug trafficking

By Gautham Nagesh 10/22/2009

The General Services Administration awarded a contract on Wednesday to improve information sharing among the law enforcement agencies that investigate drug traffickers.

Under the contract, worth as much as $99 million over five years, Booz Allen Hamilton will maintain the Anti-Drug Network Plus program (ADNET PLUS), which the Defense Department's Defense Information Systems Agency operates. DISA provides the primary source of funding, although other agencies contribute to the costs. The system allows law enforcement agencies to share information and coordinate anti-trafficking efforts using 20 applications that include nationwide databases of drug seizures and arrests.

"It's an information-sharing system that links up all the available databases," said Paul Recklau, senior project manager at GSA's Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, which conducted the competition. "It's basically where you can take the information and pull the pieces together."

Thirteen agencies use ADNET PLUS, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Defense Intelligence Agency, FBI, and Customs and Border Protection. Booz Allen was the incumbent contractor on the program, which is nearly 16 years old, and won the follow-on contract in an open competition that began more than a year ago.

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[redqueen]

1. $99M?!

FFS!

:banghead:

[Realityhack]

3. On what basis do you think this number is too high? n/t

[ixion]

4. on the basis that the so-called 'war' on drugs is a sham

n/t

[redqueen]

5. On the basis that it's wasted.

The "war on drugs" is a farce. A scam.

[Realityhack]

10. Ah.

I apologize. I thought you felt that the individuals tasked with finding IT support had spent too much in comparison to the support they would received.

Objection to the 'war' on drugs as a whole is entirely different. Thank you for explaining.

[redqueen]

11. No problem...

and yeah, every cent that's blown on enforcement and not just rehabilitation for addicts just pisses me off. Might as well flush it down the toilet.

[RedCappedBandit]

9. It's greater than zero. nt

[The Straight Story]

6. Better to spend it on drugs and putting people in prison than the homeless

Wonder how much they would have to spend if they left it up to the states to decide? Oh yeah...Zero.

[redqueen]

7. Yah no shit... just cause winter is coming, and the homeless are

even more vulnerable and numerous than usual... yeah, why not blow it on a pointless scam?

[Lance_Boyle]

2. $99 million would buy a lot of weed, man.

Booz Allen should face a boycott of their non-gov business.

[Turbineguy]

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