Immigration Service awards $190 million contract to Background Check Company

Defence and Security

A leading security contractor once accused for defrauding the government has received a $190 million contract award from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to facilitate administrative assistance.

According to the Wall Street Journal reports, the DHS’s U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) the agency which looks after legal immigration to the country, appointed an US Investigations other services LLC (USIS) to help perform background checks got into trouble three years back when a whistleblower claimed the company was defrauding the government in performing the assigned duties, later got sued by the Department of Justice. The USCIS official says, by law and policy, we have to choose the lowest bidder.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/immigration-service-awards-190-million-contract-background-check-company-155.php