FROM: U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Investigation Has Yielded 20 Charges to Date
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Newark, N.J., returned an indictment against six investors for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions conducted by New Jersey municipalities for the sale of tax liens, the Department of Justice announced.
The indictment, filed today in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark, charges four individuals, Joseph Wolfson, Gregg Gehring, James Jeffers Jr. and Robert Jeffrey, and two entities, Betty Simon Trustee LLC and Richard Simon Trustee, with participating in a conspiracy to rig bids at tax lien auctions in New Jersey. According to the indictment, from at least as early as 1998 and continuing until as late as February 2009, the investors participated in a conspiracy to rig bids at auctions for the sale of municipal tax liens in New Jersey by agreeing to allocate among certain bidders which liens each would bid on. The indictment alleges that the investors proceeded to submit bids in accordance with the agreements and purchased tax liens at collusive and non-competitive interest rates.
Joseph Wolfson, of Margate, N.J., was a part-owner of two entities that invested in municipal tax liens, Betty Simon Trustee and Richard Simon Trustee, both of Northfield, N.J. Gregg Gehring, of Newton, N.J., was employed by a major tax lien investment company as a vice president. James Jeffers Jr., of Burlington, N.J., was a bidder for Crusader Servicing Corp., which pleaded guilty to its role in the conspiracy in September 2012, and also a bidder for Crusader’s successor corporation. Robert Jeffrey, of Bradenton, Fla., was a bidder for both Crusader and its successor corporation.
“The individuals and entities charged today demonstrated a blatant disregard for the competitive process by allocating the purchase of certain municipal tax liens by, from time to time, flipping a coin, drawing numbers out of a hat or drawing from a deck of cards,” said Leslie C. Overton, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division. “The Antitrust Division remains committed to prosecuting those who thwart the competitive bidding process.”
The department said that the primary purpose of the conspiracy was to suppress and restrain competition in order to obtain selected municipal tax liens offered at public auctions at non-competitive interest rates. When the owner of real property fails to pay taxes on that property, the municipality in which the property is located may attach a lien for the amount of the unpaid taxes. If the taxes remain unpaid after a waiting period, the lien may be sold at auction. State law requires that investors bid on the interest rate delinquent property owners will pay upon redemption. By law, the bid opens at 18 percent interest and, through a competitive bidding process, can be driven down to zero percent. If a lien remains unpaid after a certain period of time, the investor who purchased the lien may begin foreclosure proceedings against the property to which the lien is attached. Since the conspiracy permitted the conspirators to purchase tax liens with limited competition, each conspirator was able to obtain liens which earned a higher interest rate. Property owners were therefore made to pay higher interest on their tax debts than they would have paid had their liens been purchased in open and honest competition, the department said.
The indictment alleges, among other things, that from at least as early as 1998 and continuing until as late as February 2009, prior to the commencement of certain tax lien auctions in New Jersey, the investors and their co-conspirators agreed not to compete for the purchase of certain municipal tax liens.
A violation of the Sherman Act carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for individuals. The maximum fine for a Sherman Act violation may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victim if either amount is greater than the $1 million statutory maximum.
Including today’s charges, 20 individuals and entities have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into bid rigging or fraud related to municipal tax lien auctions in New Jersey. To date, 11 individuals – Isadore H. May, Richard J. Pisciotta Jr., William A. Collins, Robert W. Stein, David M. Farber, Robert E. Rothman, Stephen E. Hruby, David Butler, Norman T. Remick, Robert U. Del Vecchio Sr., and Michael Mastellone – and three companies, DSBD LLC, Crusader Servicing Corp., and Mercer S.M.E. Inc., have pleaded guilty aspart of this investigation.
Today’s charge is part of efforts underway by President Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF) which was created in November 2009 to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. With more than 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices and state and local partners, it’s the broadest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory and regulatory agencies ever assembled to combat fraud. Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets; and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions and other organizations. Over the past three fiscal years, the Justice Department has filed more than 10,000 financial fraud cases against nearly 15,000 defendants, including more than 2,700 mortgage fraud defendants. For more information on the task force, visit www.stopfraud.gov.
This ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Antitrust Division’s New York Field Office and the FBI’s Atlantic City, N.J., office.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
JPMORGAN SETTLES RMBS CASE WITH GOVERNEMNT FOR $13 BILLION
FROM: U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Justice Department, Federal and State Partners Secure Record $13 Billion Global Settlement with JPMorgan for Misleading Investors About Securities Containing Toxic Mortgages
The Justice Department, along with federal and state partners, today announced a $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan - the largest settlement with a single entity in American history - to resolve federal and state civil claims arising out of the packaging, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) by JPMorgan, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual prior to Jan. 1, 2009. As part of the settlement, JPMorgan acknowledged it made serious misrepresentations to the public - including the investing public - about numerous RMBS transactions. The resolution also requires JPMorgan to provide much needed relief to underwater homeowners and potential homebuyers, including those in distressed areas of the country. The settlement does not absolve JPMorgan or its employees from facing any possible criminal charges.
This settlement is part of the ongoing efforts of President Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force’s RMBS Working Group.
“Without a doubt, the conduct uncovered in this investigation helped sow the seeds of the mortgage meltdown,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “JPMorgan was not the only financial institution during this period to knowingly bundle toxic loans and sell them to unsuspecting investors, but that is no excuse for the firm’s behavior. The size and scope of this resolution should send a clear signal that the Justice Department’s financial fraud investigations are far from over. No firm, no matter how profitable, is above the law, and the passage of time is no shield from accountability. I want to personally thank the RMBS Working Group for its tireless work not only in this case, but also in the investigations that remain ongoing.”
The settlement includes a statement of facts, in which JPMorgan acknowledges that it regularly represented to RMBS investors that the mortgage loans in various securities complied with underwriting guidelines. Contrary to those representations, as the statement of facts explains, on a number of different occasions, JPMorgan employees knew that the loans in question did not comply with those guidelines and were not otherwise appropriate for securitization, but they allowed the loans to be securitized – and those securities to be sold – without disclosing this information to investors. This conduct, along with similar conduct by other banks that bundled toxic loans into securities and misled investors who purchased those securities, contributed to the financial crisis.
“Through this $13 billion resolution, we are demanding accountability and requiring remediation from those who helped create a financial storm that devastated millions of Americans,” said Associate Attorney General Tony West. “The conduct JPMorgan has acknowledged - packaging risky home loans into securities, then selling them without disclosing their low quality to investors - contributed to the wreckage of the financial crisis. By requiring JPMorgan both to pay the largest FIRREA penalty in history and provide needed consumer relief to areas hardest hit by the financial crisis, we rectify some of that harm today.”
Of the record-breaking $13 billion resolution, $9 billion will be paid to settle federal and state civil claims by various entities related to RMBS. Of that $9 billion, JPMorgan will pay $2 billion as a civil penalty to settle the Justice Department claims under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), $1.4 billion to settle federal and state securities claims by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), $515.4 million to settle federal and state securities claims by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), $4 billion to settle federal and state claims by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), $298.9 million to settle claims by the State of California, $19.7 million to settle claims by the State of Delaware, $100 million to settle claims by the State of Illinois, $34.4 million to settle claims by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and $613.8 million to settle claims by the State of New York.
JPMorgan will pay out the remaining $4 billion in the form of relief to aid consumers harmed by the unlawful conduct of JPMorgan, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual. That relief will take various forms, including principal forgiveness, loan modification, targeted originations and efforts to reduce blight. An independent monitor will be appointed to determine whether JPMorgan is satisfying its obligations. If JPMorgan fails to live up to its agreement by Dec. 31, 2017, it must pay liquidated damages in the amount of the shortfall to NeighborWorks America, a non-profit organization and leader in providing affordable housing and facilitating community development.
The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern District of California and Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Justice Department’s Civil Division, along with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, conducted investigations into JPMorgan’s, Washington Mutual’s and Bear Stearns’ practices related to the sale and issuance of RMBS between 2005 and 2008.
“Today’s global settlement underscores the power of FIRREA and other civil enforcement tools for combatting financial fraud,” said Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Stuart F. Delery, co-chair of the RMBS Working Group. “The Civil Division, working with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and our state and agency partners, will continue to use every available resource to aggressively pursue those responsible for the financial crisis.”
“Abuses in the mortgage-backed securities industry helped turn a crisis in the housing market into an international financial crisis,” said U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California Benjamin Wagner. “The impacts were staggering. JPMorgan sold securities knowing that many of the loans backing those certificates were toxic. Credit unions, banks and other investor victims across the country, including many in the Eastern District of California, continue to struggle with losses they suffered as a result. In the Eastern District of California, we have worked hard to prosecute fraud in the mortgage industry. We are equally committed to holding accountable those in the securities industry who profited through the sale of defective mortgages.”
“Today's settlement represents another significant step towards holding accountable those banks which exploited the residential mortgage-backed securities market and harmed numerous individuals and entities in the process,” said U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Zane David Memeger. “These banks packaged and sold toxic mortgage-backed securities, which violated the law and contributed to the financial crisis. It is particularly important that JPMorgan, after assuming the significant assets of Washington Mutual Bank, is now also held responsible for the unscrupulous and deceptive conduct of Washington Mutual, one of the biggest players in the mortgage-backed securities market.”
This settlement resolves only civil claims arising out of the RMBS packaged, marketed, sold and issued by JPMorgan, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual. The agreement does not release individuals from civil charges, nor does it release JPMorgan or any individuals from potential criminal prosecution. In addition, as part of the settlement, JPMorgan has pledged to fully cooperate in investigations related to the conduct covered by the agreement.
To keep JPMorgan from seeking reimbursement from the federal government for any money it pays pursuant to this resolution, the Justice Department required language in the settlement agreement which prohibits JPMorgan from demanding indemnification from the FDIC, both in its capacity as a corporate entity and as the receiver for Washington Mutual.
“The settlement announced today will provide a significant recovery for six FDIC receiverships. It also fully protects the FDIC from indemnification claims out of this settlement,” said FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg. “The FDIC will continue to pursue litigation where necessary in order to recover as much as possible for FDIC receiverships, money that is ultimately returned to the Deposit Insurance Fund, uninsured depositors and creditors of failed banks.”
“NCUA’s Board extends our thanks and appreciation to our attorneys and to the Department of Justice, who have worked closely together for more than three years to bring this matter to a successful resolution,” said NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz. “The faulty mortgage-backed securities created and packaged by JPMorgan and other institutions created a crisis in the credit union industry, and we’re pleased a measure of accountability has been reached.”
“JPMorgan and the banks it bought securitized billions of dollars of defective mortgages,” said Acting FHFA Inspector General Michael P. Stephens. “Investors, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, suffered enormous losses by purchasing RMBS from JPMorgan, Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns not knowing about those defects. Today’s settlement is a significant, but by no means final step by FHFA-OIG and its law enforcement partners to hold accountable those who committed acts of fraud and deceit. We are proud to have worked with the Department of Justice, the U.S. attorneys in Sacramento and Philadelphia and the New York and California state attorneys general; they have been great partners and we look forward to our continued work together.”
The attorneys general of New York, California, Delaware, Illinois and Massachusetts also conducted related investigations that were critical to bringing about this settlement.
“Since my first day in office, I have insisted that there must be accountability for the misconduct that led to the crash of the housing market and the collapse of the American economy,” said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Co-Chair of the RMBS Working Group. “This historic deal, which will bring long overdue relief to homeowners around the country and across New York, is exactly what our working group was created to do. We refused to allow systemic frauds that harmed so many New York homeowners and investors to simply be forgotten, and as a result we’ve won a major victory today in the fight to hold those who caused the financial crisis accountable.”
“JP Morgan Chase profited by giving California’s pension funds incomplete information about mortgage investments,” California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris said. “This settlement returns the money to California’s pension funds that JP Morgan wrongfully took from them.”
“Our financial system only works when everyone plays by the rules,” said Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. “Today, as a result of our coordinated investigations, we are holding accountable one of the financial institutions that, by breaking those rules, helped cause the economic crisis that brought our nation to its knees. Even as the American people recover from this crisis, we will continue to seek accountability on their behalf.”
“We are still cleaning up the mess that Wall Street made with its reckless investment schemes and fraudulent conduct,” said Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. “Today’s settlement with JPMorgan will assist Illinois in recovering its losses from the dangerous and deceptive securities that put our economy on the path to destruction.”
“This is a historic settlement that will help us to hold accountable those investment banks that played a role in creating and exacerbating the housing crisis,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. “We appreciate the work of the Department of Justice and the other enforcement agencies in bringing about this resolution and look forward to continuing to work together in other securitization cases.”
The RMBS Working Group is a federal and state law enforcement effort focused on investigating fraud and abuse in the RMBS market that helped lead to the 2008 financial crisis. The RMBS Working Group brings together more than 200 attorneys, investigators, analysts and staff from dozens of state and federal agencies including the Department of Justice, 10 U.S. attorney’s offices, the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HUD’s Office of Inspector General, the FHFA-OIG, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Federal Reserve Board’s Office of Inspector General, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and more than 10 state attorneys general offices around the country.
The RMBS Working Group is led by five co-chairs: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Stuart Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Mythili Raman, Co-Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement George Canellos, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado John Walsh and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Justice Department, Federal and State Partners Secure Record $13 Billion Global Settlement with JPMorgan for Misleading Investors About Securities Containing Toxic Mortgages
The Justice Department, along with federal and state partners, today announced a $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan - the largest settlement with a single entity in American history - to resolve federal and state civil claims arising out of the packaging, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) by JPMorgan, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual prior to Jan. 1, 2009. As part of the settlement, JPMorgan acknowledged it made serious misrepresentations to the public - including the investing public - about numerous RMBS transactions. The resolution also requires JPMorgan to provide much needed relief to underwater homeowners and potential homebuyers, including those in distressed areas of the country. The settlement does not absolve JPMorgan or its employees from facing any possible criminal charges.
This settlement is part of the ongoing efforts of President Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force’s RMBS Working Group.
“Without a doubt, the conduct uncovered in this investigation helped sow the seeds of the mortgage meltdown,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “JPMorgan was not the only financial institution during this period to knowingly bundle toxic loans and sell them to unsuspecting investors, but that is no excuse for the firm’s behavior. The size and scope of this resolution should send a clear signal that the Justice Department’s financial fraud investigations are far from over. No firm, no matter how profitable, is above the law, and the passage of time is no shield from accountability. I want to personally thank the RMBS Working Group for its tireless work not only in this case, but also in the investigations that remain ongoing.”
The settlement includes a statement of facts, in which JPMorgan acknowledges that it regularly represented to RMBS investors that the mortgage loans in various securities complied with underwriting guidelines. Contrary to those representations, as the statement of facts explains, on a number of different occasions, JPMorgan employees knew that the loans in question did not comply with those guidelines and were not otherwise appropriate for securitization, but they allowed the loans to be securitized – and those securities to be sold – without disclosing this information to investors. This conduct, along with similar conduct by other banks that bundled toxic loans into securities and misled investors who purchased those securities, contributed to the financial crisis.
“Through this $13 billion resolution, we are demanding accountability and requiring remediation from those who helped create a financial storm that devastated millions of Americans,” said Associate Attorney General Tony West. “The conduct JPMorgan has acknowledged - packaging risky home loans into securities, then selling them without disclosing their low quality to investors - contributed to the wreckage of the financial crisis. By requiring JPMorgan both to pay the largest FIRREA penalty in history and provide needed consumer relief to areas hardest hit by the financial crisis, we rectify some of that harm today.”
Of the record-breaking $13 billion resolution, $9 billion will be paid to settle federal and state civil claims by various entities related to RMBS. Of that $9 billion, JPMorgan will pay $2 billion as a civil penalty to settle the Justice Department claims under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), $1.4 billion to settle federal and state securities claims by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), $515.4 million to settle federal and state securities claims by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), $4 billion to settle federal and state claims by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), $298.9 million to settle claims by the State of California, $19.7 million to settle claims by the State of Delaware, $100 million to settle claims by the State of Illinois, $34.4 million to settle claims by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and $613.8 million to settle claims by the State of New York.
JPMorgan will pay out the remaining $4 billion in the form of relief to aid consumers harmed by the unlawful conduct of JPMorgan, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual. That relief will take various forms, including principal forgiveness, loan modification, targeted originations and efforts to reduce blight. An independent monitor will be appointed to determine whether JPMorgan is satisfying its obligations. If JPMorgan fails to live up to its agreement by Dec. 31, 2017, it must pay liquidated damages in the amount of the shortfall to NeighborWorks America, a non-profit organization and leader in providing affordable housing and facilitating community development.
The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern District of California and Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Justice Department’s Civil Division, along with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, conducted investigations into JPMorgan’s, Washington Mutual’s and Bear Stearns’ practices related to the sale and issuance of RMBS between 2005 and 2008.
“Today’s global settlement underscores the power of FIRREA and other civil enforcement tools for combatting financial fraud,” said Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Stuart F. Delery, co-chair of the RMBS Working Group. “The Civil Division, working with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and our state and agency partners, will continue to use every available resource to aggressively pursue those responsible for the financial crisis.”
“Abuses in the mortgage-backed securities industry helped turn a crisis in the housing market into an international financial crisis,” said U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California Benjamin Wagner. “The impacts were staggering. JPMorgan sold securities knowing that many of the loans backing those certificates were toxic. Credit unions, banks and other investor victims across the country, including many in the Eastern District of California, continue to struggle with losses they suffered as a result. In the Eastern District of California, we have worked hard to prosecute fraud in the mortgage industry. We are equally committed to holding accountable those in the securities industry who profited through the sale of defective mortgages.”
“Today's settlement represents another significant step towards holding accountable those banks which exploited the residential mortgage-backed securities market and harmed numerous individuals and entities in the process,” said U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Zane David Memeger. “These banks packaged and sold toxic mortgage-backed securities, which violated the law and contributed to the financial crisis. It is particularly important that JPMorgan, after assuming the significant assets of Washington Mutual Bank, is now also held responsible for the unscrupulous and deceptive conduct of Washington Mutual, one of the biggest players in the mortgage-backed securities market.”
This settlement resolves only civil claims arising out of the RMBS packaged, marketed, sold and issued by JPMorgan, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual. The agreement does not release individuals from civil charges, nor does it release JPMorgan or any individuals from potential criminal prosecution. In addition, as part of the settlement, JPMorgan has pledged to fully cooperate in investigations related to the conduct covered by the agreement.
To keep JPMorgan from seeking reimbursement from the federal government for any money it pays pursuant to this resolution, the Justice Department required language in the settlement agreement which prohibits JPMorgan from demanding indemnification from the FDIC, both in its capacity as a corporate entity and as the receiver for Washington Mutual.
“The settlement announced today will provide a significant recovery for six FDIC receiverships. It also fully protects the FDIC from indemnification claims out of this settlement,” said FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg. “The FDIC will continue to pursue litigation where necessary in order to recover as much as possible for FDIC receiverships, money that is ultimately returned to the Deposit Insurance Fund, uninsured depositors and creditors of failed banks.”
“NCUA’s Board extends our thanks and appreciation to our attorneys and to the Department of Justice, who have worked closely together for more than three years to bring this matter to a successful resolution,” said NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz. “The faulty mortgage-backed securities created and packaged by JPMorgan and other institutions created a crisis in the credit union industry, and we’re pleased a measure of accountability has been reached.”
“JPMorgan and the banks it bought securitized billions of dollars of defective mortgages,” said Acting FHFA Inspector General Michael P. Stephens. “Investors, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, suffered enormous losses by purchasing RMBS from JPMorgan, Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns not knowing about those defects. Today’s settlement is a significant, but by no means final step by FHFA-OIG and its law enforcement partners to hold accountable those who committed acts of fraud and deceit. We are proud to have worked with the Department of Justice, the U.S. attorneys in Sacramento and Philadelphia and the New York and California state attorneys general; they have been great partners and we look forward to our continued work together.”
The attorneys general of New York, California, Delaware, Illinois and Massachusetts also conducted related investigations that were critical to bringing about this settlement.
“Since my first day in office, I have insisted that there must be accountability for the misconduct that led to the crash of the housing market and the collapse of the American economy,” said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Co-Chair of the RMBS Working Group. “This historic deal, which will bring long overdue relief to homeowners around the country and across New York, is exactly what our working group was created to do. We refused to allow systemic frauds that harmed so many New York homeowners and investors to simply be forgotten, and as a result we’ve won a major victory today in the fight to hold those who caused the financial crisis accountable.”
“JP Morgan Chase profited by giving California’s pension funds incomplete information about mortgage investments,” California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris said. “This settlement returns the money to California’s pension funds that JP Morgan wrongfully took from them.”
“Our financial system only works when everyone plays by the rules,” said Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. “Today, as a result of our coordinated investigations, we are holding accountable one of the financial institutions that, by breaking those rules, helped cause the economic crisis that brought our nation to its knees. Even as the American people recover from this crisis, we will continue to seek accountability on their behalf.”
“We are still cleaning up the mess that Wall Street made with its reckless investment schemes and fraudulent conduct,” said Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. “Today’s settlement with JPMorgan will assist Illinois in recovering its losses from the dangerous and deceptive securities that put our economy on the path to destruction.”
“This is a historic settlement that will help us to hold accountable those investment banks that played a role in creating and exacerbating the housing crisis,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. “We appreciate the work of the Department of Justice and the other enforcement agencies in bringing about this resolution and look forward to continuing to work together in other securitization cases.”
The RMBS Working Group is a federal and state law enforcement effort focused on investigating fraud and abuse in the RMBS market that helped lead to the 2008 financial crisis. The RMBS Working Group brings together more than 200 attorneys, investigators, analysts and staff from dozens of state and federal agencies including the Department of Justice, 10 U.S. attorney’s offices, the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), HUD’s Office of Inspector General, the FHFA-OIG, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Federal Reserve Board’s Office of Inspector General, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and more than 10 state attorneys general offices around the country.
The RMBS Working Group is led by five co-chairs: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Stuart Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Mythili Raman, Co-Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement George Canellos, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado John Walsh and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
SECRETARY OF STATE KERRY'S PRESS STATEMENT ON BOMB ATTACKS IN LEBANON
FROM: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
Bomb Attacks in Lebanon
Press Statement
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
November 19, 2013
The United States strongly condemns today’s senseless and despicable terrorist bombings at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut. We extend our condolences to the victims and their families. We urge all parties to exercise calm and restraint to avoid inflaming the situation further. The United States knows too well the cost of terrorism directed at our own diplomats around the world, and our hearts go out to the Iranian people after this violent and unjustifiable attack claimed the life of at least one of their diplomats.
The details of today’s attack are not yet clear, and we support the Government of Lebanon’s commitment to conduct a thorough investigation. We call on all parties to cooperate with the Lebanese government’s investigation of this crime and urge that those responsible are brought to justice.
Acts of terror only reinforce our determination to support the institutions of the Lebanese state, including the Lebanese Armed Forces and the Internal Security Forces, to ensure a stable, sovereign, and secure Lebanon.
Bomb Attacks in Lebanon
Press Statement
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
November 19, 2013
The United States strongly condemns today’s senseless and despicable terrorist bombings at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut. We extend our condolences to the victims and their families. We urge all parties to exercise calm and restraint to avoid inflaming the situation further. The United States knows too well the cost of terrorism directed at our own diplomats around the world, and our hearts go out to the Iranian people after this violent and unjustifiable attack claimed the life of at least one of their diplomats.
The details of today’s attack are not yet clear, and we support the Government of Lebanon’s commitment to conduct a thorough investigation. We call on all parties to cooperate with the Lebanese government’s investigation of this crime and urge that those responsible are brought to justice.
Acts of terror only reinforce our determination to support the institutions of the Lebanese state, including the Lebanese Armed Forces and the Internal Security Forces, to ensure a stable, sovereign, and secure Lebanon.
U.S. DOD CONTRACTS FOR NOVEMBER 19, 2013
FROM: U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
CONTRACTS
NAVY
The Navy is awarding indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contracts to 914 contractors that will provide for their competition for service requirements solicited by Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, Strategic Systems Programs, Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Marine Corps. The 22 functional service areas within the scope of the contracts include: 1) research and development support, 2) engineering system engineering and process engineering support, 3) modeling, simulation, stimulation and analysis support, 4) prototyping, pre-production, model-making and fabric support, 5) system design documentation and technical data support, 6) software engineering, development, programming and network support, 7) reliability, maintainability and availability support, 8) human factors, performance and usability engineering support, 9) system safety engineering support, 10) configuration management support, 11) quality assurance support, 12) information system development, information assurance and information technology support, 13) ship inactivation and disposal support, 14) interoperability, test and evaluation, trials support, 15) measurement facilities, range and instrumentation support, 16) acquisition logistics support, 17) supply and provisioning support, 18) training support, 19) in-service engineering, fleet introduction, installation and checkout support, 20) program support, 21) functional and administrative support, and 22) public affairs and multimedia support. These contracts are in addition to the existing 2,838 contracts previously awarded under the SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) acquisition program for services procurements. The government estimates a maximum of $5,300,000,000 of services will be procured per year via orders issued under the SeaPort-e multiple award contracts. The award of these contracts is a result of the SeaPort-e Rolling Admissions solicitation. The SeaPort-e acquisition is comprised of seven regional zones in which task orders will be competed based upon the principal place of performance. These awards contain provisions to set aside requirements for small businesses, service disabled veteran owned small businesses, 8a business development program and historically under-utilized business zone small businesses. Under these multiple award contracts, each contractor will be provided a fair opportunity to compete for individual task orders solicited within their zone or zones of performance. The awards will have a five-month base period with one five-year option. These contracts were competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 955 offers received and 914 contracts awarded. Contract funds will be obligated at the time of task order award and, multiple funding types with varying expiration dates may be used, consistent with the purpose for which the funds were appropriated. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (N00178-14-D-7128 -- N00178-14-D-8045). The list of contractors involved are: 1 Source Consulting, Inc., Germantown, Md.; 2Is Inc.*, Walpole, Mass.; 4M Research Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; A² Systems Engineering Inc.*, El Segundo, Calif.; A2B Tracking Solutions, Inc.*, Portsmouth, R.I.; AAR Parts Trading Inc. doing business as (dba) AAR Defense Systems and Logistics, Wood Dale, Ill.; A-B Computer Solutions, Inc.*, Mandeville, La.; Accent Controls, Inc.*, Riverside, Mo.; Access Personnel Services, Inc.*, Lancaster, Pa.; Acquisition Systems Associates, Inc.*, Great Falls, Va.; Adaptive Consulting & Training Services, LLC dba ACTS*, Stafford, Va.; Adela Technologies*, Leonardtown,, Md.; Aderas, Inc.*, Reston, Va.; Advanced Mission Systems, LLC*, Charlotte, N.C.; Advanced Professional Consulting, Inc. dba Veteran Technologists*, Aberdeen, Md.; Advanced Sciences and Technologies, LLC.*, Berlin, N.J.; Advanced Technology Services dba OptiDoc*, Marietta, Ga.; Advanced Technology Systems Co., Inc. (Of Virginia)*, Mclean, Va. ; Advantage SCI, LLC*, El Segundo, Calif.; Advent Business Co., Inc.*, Aurora , Ill.; Advent SVCS LLC*, Panama City Beach, Fla.; AED, Inc.*, Hyattsville, Md.; Affinity Fidelis Consulting and Technologies, LLC dba Affinity Fidelis *, Fredericksburg, Va.; AFGlobe Communications Inc. dba ACI Solutions*, Sterling, Va.; Agile Government Services, Inc.*, Overland Park, Kan.; Ahtna Support and Training Services, LLC*, Anchorage, Alaska; AINET Corp.*, Beltsville, Md.; Air Logistics and Engineering Consultants, LLC*, Warner Robins, Ga.; Aitheras, LLC dba Aitheras*, Rockville, Md.; Alexandria Insights, Inc.*, Fairfax Station, Va.; All U Need Temporary Services dba All U Need Personnel*, Washington, D.C.; Allen Corp. of America, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Allied Reliability, Inc.*, North Charleston, S.C.; AlphaSix Corp.*, Sterling, Va.; American Computer Development Inc. dba ACDI*, Frederick, Md.; American Society for Engineering Education dba ASEE, Washington, D.C.; America's Staffing Partner, Inc.*, Bethlehem, Pa.; AMP Management Consulting LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Ampcus Inc.*, Chantilly , Va.; Anderson Solutions & Associates dba ASA*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Anglicotech LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Apex Data Systems Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Apogee Engineering, LLC*, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Applied Computer Science Group, Inc.*, Bowie, Md.; Applied Visual Technology, Inc. dba AVT Simulation*, Orlando, Fla.; Aranea Solutions, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; Arch Systems*, Baltimore, Md.; Ardent Technologies, Inc.*, Dayton, Ohio; Armada, Ltd*, Powell, Ohio; Art Anderson Associates, Inc.*, Bremerton, Wash.; ASP Web Solutions, LLC*, Bartlett, Tenn.; Augustine Consulting, Inc.*, Monterey, Calif.; AURA Systems Technologies*, San Dimas, Calif.; Avanco International, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Avani Technology Solutions Inc.*, Rochester, N.Y.; Averalink Information Systems, LLC*, North Charleston, S.C.; Avion Solutions, Inc. dba Avion*, Huntsville, Ala.; AVOSYS Technology, Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; AVPOL International LLC dba AIL*, Memphis, Tenn.; Axiom Resource Management, Inc. , Falls Church, Va.; B&L Machine & Fabrication*, Norfolk, Va.; Badger Defense Group Inc.*, Orlando, Fla.; Banner Staffing*, Washington, D.C.; Barba Consulting, Inc.*, Marlton, N.J.; BarnAllen Technologies, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Barnett Engineering & Signaling Laboratories*, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Bayfield Technology Group, Inc.*, Luray, Va. ; Bayonet Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; BFG Systems LLC dba: BFG Systems*, Saint Petersburg, Fla.; BITHOP Systems, Inc.*, Springfield, Va.; Bitterroot Services & Technology LLC dba BST*, Florence, Mont; BleuForce, LLC*, Chula Vista, Calif.; Blue Tang Solutions, Inc.*, Coronado, Calif.; Boarhog LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; Boulevard Consulting Group, LLC*, Arlington, Va.; Bowhead Professional Solutions, LLC dba BPS*, Alexandria, Va.; Bowler Pons Solutions Consultants, LLC dba Immigration Integrity Group*, Arnold, Md.; Bridge Group, LLC*, Bumpass, Va.; BuddoBot Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Business Enterprises & Systems Technology, Inc. dba BESTech*, McLean, Va.; C Parker Consulting, Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Carolina Growler Inc.*, Star, N.C.; Catalyst Solutions, LLC*, Stafford, Va.; CATVIDEO, Inc. dba CATMEDIA*, Tucker, Ga.; Caulfield Consulting, Inc.*, Ashburn, Va.; CB Technologies, Inc., Westminster, Calif.; C-Edge Software Consultants LLC*, Saint Louis, Mo.; Center for Applied Innovation*, Yorktown, Va.; Center for Organizational Excellence, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Cherokee Nation Red Wing, LLC*, Tulsa, Okla.; CHP Solutions*, Stafford, Va.; Citadel Logic, LLC*, Hampton, Va.; Claxton Logistics Services, LLC*, Stafford, Va.; Cobec Consulting, Inc.*, Manassas, Va.; Comptech PC*, Fort Pierce, Fla.; Computational Physics, Inc.*, Springfield, Va.; Computer Technologies Consultants, Inc. dba CTC*, Seabrook, Md.; Concord Crossroads*, Manassas, Va.; Conetsco, Inc.*, Manassas, Va.; Consortium for Ocean Leadership Inc., Washington, D.C.; Constellation Software Engineering Corp.*, Lanham, Md.; Converge IT Solutions, LLC*, Clinton, Md.; Mager, William Grant dba Core Services Group*, Virginia Beach, Va.; CoreSys Consulting Services, LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; Coronata Systems, Inc.*, Ardmore, Tenn.; Cougaar Software, Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; Covell Solutions*, Vienna, Va.; Creative Business Solutions, Inc.*, Washington, D.C.; Crewestone Technologies, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Crown Consulting, Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; CTCA.info, LLC*, Edgewater, Md.; Customer Inspired Solutions, LLC*, King of Prussia, Pa.; Cyber Security Engineering Associates LLC dba CSEA*, Baltimore, Md.; Cyber Technology Services, Inc. dba Cytech Services*, Manassas, Va.; Daniel Eke and Associates, PC*, Silver Spring, Md.; Data Tactics Corp.*, McLean, Va.; Datalis Solutions Corp.*, Montvale, N.J.; Daylight Defense, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; DeNovo Solutions LLC*, Centennial, Colo.; Designed Consulting LLC*, Yuma, Ariz.; DCAPS Inc.*, Shalimar, Fla.; Digital Consultants LLC*, Mclean, Va.; Dignitas Technologies LLC*, Orlando, Fla.; Dilks - Simone Enterprises, Inc.*, North Charleston, S.C.; DirectViz Solutions LLC*, Chantilly, Va.; DuChancell Engineering Consulting*, Del Mar, Calif.; Durbin Group, LLC*, Spotsylvania, Va.; Dynamic Computer Corp. dba Connecting Point Computer Center*, Farmington Hills, Mich.; Dynamic Management Associates*, Woodbridge, Va.; Dynamic Pro Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; ECLAT Integrated Software Solutions, Inc..*, Stafford, Texas; Edwards Group LLC dba Polaris Technology Solutions*, Aldie, Va.; Effecture, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; eKuber Ventures Inc.*, Herndon, Va.; Elda and Edwina International Inc.*, Columbia, Md.; Electro Standards Laboratory Inc. dba Electro Standards Laboratories*, Cranston, R.I.; e-Management Consultants, Inc.*, Silver Spring, Md.; Emerging Technology Support LLC*, Mooresville, N.C.; Eminent IT, LLC dba Eminent*, Arlington, Va.; Energy Plus Limited dba Energy Research Consultants*, Laguna Hills, Calif.; Enformatica*, San Diego, Calif.; Engineering Solutions and Products LLC, Eatontown, N.J.; Envision, LLC.*, Saint Louis, Mo.; ENX Group, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; EPIC Consulting Planning & Business Information LLC*, Springfield, Va.; ESEA*, Los Altos, Calif.; Estuate Inc.*, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Etelic Inc.*, Glen Allen, Va.; eTRANSERVICES LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Evanhoe & Associates, Inc. dba AIDC Solutions*, Dayton, Ohio; Evergreen Fire Alarms, LLC dba Evergreen Fire &Security*, Tacoma, Wash.; Evigilant.com Inc. dba eVigilant Security*, Lorton, Va.; Explosive Ordnance Mission Focused Defense LLC dba EOMFD*, Goose Creek, S.C.; Extreme Data Technologies LLC*, Norwalk, Conn.; EyeIT.com, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Fathom 4, LLC*, Charleston, S.C.; FedForce, Inc.*, Reston, Va.; Field Data Technology, LLC*, Fairfax, Va.; Flight Test Aerospace, Inc.*, Chantilly, Va.; G2SF, INC.*, Reston, Va.; GameSim Inc.*, Orlando, Fla.; Gantec Corp.*, Schaumburg, Ill.; Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.; GCorp Consulting dba GKORP*, Chula Vista, Calif.; Gemini Industries Inc.*, Burlington, Mass.; GeoNorth, LLC*, Anchorage, Alaska; Germanos Defense Services, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; GET Engineering*, El Cajon, Calif.; GINIA Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Global Services International, LLC*, Killeen, Texas; Global Solutions Group Inc.*, Detroit, Mich.; Government Contracting Services LLC*, Roy, Wash.; Government Contracting Specialists, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; GRAVICOM LLC*, Elnora, Ind.; GS5, LLC*, Dumfries, Va.; Haven 365 LLC*, Stafford, Va.; HCH Enterprises, LLC*, Providence, R.I.; Heritage Services Corp.*, Cocoa, Fla.; Hester Group*, Jacksonville, Fla.; Highbury Defense Group*, San Diego, Calif.; Hosted Records Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Howard & Co., Inc.*, Reston, Va.; HPT Advisory Services, LLC*, McLean, Va.; H.T. Innovations, L.L.C.*, Chesterfield, Va.; Hyperion Biotechnology Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; ICS Technologies, Inc.*, McLean, Va.; Ideation Inc.*, Chantilly, Va.; Identity Management Systems, LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; IERUS Technologies, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; Immersive Media Tactical Solutions, LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; INADEV Corp.*, McLean, Va.; Incident Communication Solutions, LLC*, Stevensville, Md.; Infinity Support Services*, Aldie, Va.; Infolob Solutions, Inc.*, Irving, Texas; Information Innovators, Inc., Springfield, Va.; InfoStructures, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Innoflight, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Innovation Business Partners, Inc.*, Lavallette, N.J.; Innovative Algorithms, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; Innovative Services & Solutions dba ISS*, Mansfield, Texas; Innovim Defense Services LLC dba IDS*, Oxon Hill, Md.; Integrated Defense Applications, LLC dba IDA Technology*, El Paso, Texas; Integrated Financial Analysts, Ltd. dba INFINA*, Tysons Corner, Va.; InteliTrac, Inc.*, Fort Worth, Texas; Intellectual Concepts, LLC*, Atlanta, Ga.; Intelligent Automation Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Interactive Government Holdings, LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Interdyne Corp.*, Mooresville, N.C.; International Business Sales & Services Corp. dba IBSS Corp*, Silver Spring, Md.; INTER-OP.NET Inc. dba INTER-OP*, Virginia Beach, Va.; InterOptions, LLC*, Tampa, Fla.; IPSecure Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; ISI Telemanagement Solutions, Inc.*, Schaumburg, Ill.; ISYS Inc. dba ISYS Technologies*, Littleton, Colo.; IT Concepts, Inc.*, Ashburn, Va.; ITC Defense Corp.*, Arlington, Va.; IT-CNP, INC.*, Columbia, Md.; I-Three Solutions, LLC*, Lexington Park, Md.; ITMC Solutions, LLC*, Bristow, Va.; IWON, LLC*, Colonial Beach , Va.; Jamison Professional Services, Inc.*, East Point, Ga.; JDR Unlimited, LLC*, Melbourne, Fla.; Jered LLC dba PHR, Brunswick, Ga.; JETPUBS Inc.*, Hudson, WI; Joiner Associates LLC*, Norfolk, Va.; Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. dba Public Institutions, Washington, D.C.; JRM Enterprises, Inc. dba JRM Technologies*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Kalon, LLC*, Supply, N.C.; KAMMS Group LLC*, Woodbridge, Va.; Karsun Solutions LLC*, Herndon, Va.; KCK Technologies, LLC*, Fairfax, Va.; Kenific Group*, Fairfax, Va.; Kilda Group, LLC*, Annapolis, Md.; Kiple Acquisition Science Technology Logistics & Engineering dba Kiple Consulting*, Bel Air, Md.; Knowledge Capital Associates, LLC*, Springfield, Va.; Knowledge Management Inc.*, Tyngsboro, Maine; Kutta Technologies, Inc.*, Phoenix, Ariz.; KZF Design, Inc.*, Cincinnati, Ohio; LDM & Associates LLD dba LDM Group, LLC*, Bethesda, Md.; Leading Edge Solutions, LLC*, Fort Washington, Md.; Lee Defense Group, LLC dba Lee Defense Group*, Springville, Ind.; Lexicon Consulting, Inc.*, El Cajon, Calif.; Lightspeed Technologies dba LP3*, Fairfax, Va.; Links Media LLC dba Links Global*, Rockville , Md. ; Lixis Technology LLC*, Washington, D.C.; LLUCAS Corp.*, Washington, D.C.; Logistics Applications Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; LR-Associates, LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; Lukos, LLC*, Tampa, Fla.; Lumbee Resource Management Group*, Jacksonville, Fla.; Lumbee Tribe Enterprises, LLC*, Pembroke, N.C.; M1 Support Services LP, Denton, Texas; MacDonald-Bedford LLC*, Alameda, Calif.; Macray Services and Solutions, LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Mansai Corp.*, Greenbelt, Md.; MartinFederal Consulting, L.L.C.*, Auburn, Ala.; Masy Group LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; Materials Sciences Corp.*, Horsham, Pa.; McFarland Technology, Inc.*, Murrysville, Pa.; McKenna Principals, Inc.*, Woodbridge, Va.; McKinney & McKinney Techical Services Inc. dba M&M Technical Services*, Woodbridge, Va.; McLane Advanced Technologies, LLC, Temple, Texas; McNally Industries, LLC*, Grantsburg, WI; MCS of Tampa, Inc. dba Mission Critical Solution*, Tampa, Fla.; MDM Technical Services Corp. dba SASI Defense Technologies*, Pittsburgh, Pa.; MDW Associates, LLC*, McLean, Va.; Meridian Technologies, Inc.*, Jacksonville, Fla.; MESMO Inc. dba MESMOLSS*, Waldorf, Md.; Metasystems, Inc.*, North Royalton, Ohio; MillerWilson Consulting, LLC dba MWC*, North Charleston, S.C.; Minerva Systems & Technologies, LLC*, Lexington, KY; Mobius Consulting, LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; Mobius Industries USA, Inc.*, Kirkland, Wash.; Morgan 6, LLC*, North Charleston, S.C.; Moriarty and Associates Consulting Corp. dba Moriarty and Associates*, Fairfax, Va.; MSDS Consultant Services, LLC*, Clinton, Md.; Murtech*, Glen Burnie, Md.; NATECH Network Solutions LLC*, Plano, Texas; National Technology & Service Group LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; Navigant Consulting, Inc., Chicago, Ill.; NAVTEC, Inc.*, Chula Vista, Calif.; NetCentrics Corp.*, Herndon, Va.; NetSecurity Corp. dba Netsecurity*, Dulles, Va.; Network Runners, Inc.*, Ashburn, Va.; Nevins Software , Inc.*, Morris, Ill.; Nexagen Networks Inc.*, Aberdeen, Md.; Nexus Technology Solutions, LLC*, Panama City Beach, Fla.; Nguyen Information Consulting dba Net-Integrated Consulting*, West Des Moines, IA; NLT Corp. dba NETCOM Group*, Springfield, Va.; North Star Group LLC*, Washington, D.C.; northRamp LLC*, Reston, Va.; Novitas Global Solutions LLC dba Novitas Group*, Reston, Va.; NSC Technologies, Inc.*, Portsmouth, Va.; ODME Solutions, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; Old Breed, LLC*, Quantico, Va.; Operational Support Group*, Virginia Beach, Va.; OpTempo, LLC*, Stafford, Va.; Optima Global Solutions, Inc.*, Lawrenceville, N.J.; Ordnance Holdings, Inc.*, Reisterstown, Md.; Orion Networking Inc.*, Great Falls, Va.; P2P Holdings LLC dba TekPartners Government Solutions*, Coral Springs, Fla.; PAC Solutions*, Stafford, Va.; Pacific Rim Aerospace Corp. dba PacRim Aero*, Kirkland, Wash.; Patriot Maritime Compliance, LLC*, Concord, Calif.; Payne Consulting Inc. dba Payne Consulting Services*, Los Lunas, N.M.; PCI Strategic Management, LLC*, Columbia, Md.; Pegasus Support Services, LLC*, Woodstock, Ga.; Perceptium Group*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Perceptix, LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Perfecta Aviation, LLC dba PAVN*, Alexandria, Va.; Persistent Systems, LLC*, New York, N.Y.; Pharos Group, Inc.*, Stafford, Va.; Phoenix Data Security Inc.*, Phoenix, Ariz.; Phoenix Soft*, Phoenix, Ariz.; Pinnakle Technologies Inc.*, Naperville, Ill.; Pioneer Corporate Services, Inc.*, Ashburn, Va.; Pioneer Technologies Corp.*, Las Vegas, Nev.; Piping Systems International, Inc.*, Bay Minette, Ala.; PKL Services Inc.*, Poway, Calif.; POGO Inc.*, Oceanside , Calif.; Portage, Inc. dba Portage Environmental Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho; Porter Scientific, Inc. dba Porter Environmental*, Pembroke, N.C.; Positioning Systems Research*, La Jolla, Calif.; Premier Professional Systems, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; Premier Solutions HI, LLC*, Honolulu, Hawaii; PrimeTech International, Inc. *, North Kansas City, Mo.; Professional Performance Development Group, Inc., San Antonio, Texas; Professional Services of America Inc. dba Professional Services of America*, Parkersburg, W.Va.; Progressive Data Systems, Inc.*, Stafford, Va.; Promethean Technical Solutions, LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Provideo Management, Inc.*, Tysons Corner, Va.; QualBlazer, LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; QSI, Inc. dba Quality Solutions Consulting Group, INC.*, Carlsbad, Calif.; QuickFlex Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; R Dorsey & Co. dba R.DORSEY+Co.*, Worthington, Ohio; Ranger Aerofab, LLC dba Ranger Enterprises, Springville, Ind.; Rapier Solutions, Inc. dba Simplified Computing Systems*, Matthews, N.C.; RCT Systems, Inc.*, Linthicum, Md.; Red Tail, LLC*, Arlington, Va.; REK Associates, LLC*, Chantilly, Va.; RETTEW Associates, Inc.*, Lancaster, Pa.; Right Sized Solutions, Inc. dba RSSI*, Sterling, Va.; RightDirection Technology Solutions, LLC*, Baltimore, Md.; Risk Mitigation Consulting, Inc.*, Destin, Fla.; RLM Communications*, Spring Lake, N.C.; Rock Creek Research, Data Management and Analysis LLC dba Rock Creek Data*, Alexandria, Va.; RoundTable Defense, LLC*, Stafford, Va.; RSL Fibersystems LLC*, E. Hartford, Conn.; Sabel Systems Technology Solutions, LLC*, Gainesville, Va.; SABRE88, LLC*, Newark, N.J.; Saint Security Services, LLC*, Springfield, Va.; Sapient Government Services Inc., Arlington, Va.; SAPTA Systems LLC*, San Antonio, Texas; SAVID LLC*, Saratoga, Calif.; SCI Consulting Services, Inc. dba Software Control International, McLean, Va.; SciTech Services dba SciTech*, Havre de Grace, Md.; SDL Federal Solutions Inc., Reston, Va.; Sealund & Associates Corp.*, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Sektor Solutions, Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; SEMAC LLC dba SEMAC*, Virginia Beach, Va.; SENTAR Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; Shivan Technologies, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; SI Organization, Inc., King of Prussia, Pa.; Silverback7, Inc.*, Woodbridge, Va.; Six Degrees of Simulation, Inc.*, Orlando, Fla.; SofTec Solutions, Inc.*, Englewood, Colo.; Spartan Business & Technology Services Inc. dba Spartan Business & Technology Consulting*, Alexandria, Va.; Spectra Tech Inc.*, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Spin Systems, Inc.*, Sterling, Va.; Spinvi Consulting, LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; Squires Group Inc.*, Annapolis, Md.; STARA Technologies, Inc.*, Gilbert, Ariz.; Stauder Consulting, Inc., dba Stauder Technologies*, St. Peters, Mo.; SteedPetro LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Storage Strategies, Inc. dba SSI*, Springfield, Va.; Strata G Solutions Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; Strategic Response Initiatives, LLC *, Albany, N.Y.; Strategy and Management Services Inc. dba SAMS*, Springfield, Va.; Strike Group LLC*, Detroit, Mich.; Strong Castle, Inc.*, Washington, D.C.; Strongbridge Corp.*, Sterling, Va.; Succeed to Lead, LLC*, Dumfries, Va.; SunMan Engineering, Inc.*, San Jose, Calif.; Sunrise Beach Corp. dba M2 Services Corp.*, McKinney, Texas; Synergy Aerospace, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Syntelligent Analytic Solutions, LLC*, Falls Church, Va.; Tactical Micro, Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Takontrol, LLC*, Annandale, Va.; Tanager, Inc.*, Annapolis Junction, Md.; Tandel Systems, Inc.*, Oldsmar, Fla.; Tantivy Systems Group Technologies, Inc. dba TSG Technologies*, Melbourne, Fla.; Tech Global, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Technical Professional Services, Inc.*, Wayland, Mich.; Technique Solutions, Inc.*, Martinsville, Va.; Tellus Solutions, Inc.*, Santa Clara, Calif.; TENICA and Associates, LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; Threat Defense LLC dba Threat Defense*, New Orleans, La.; Tidewater, Inc.*, Elkridge, Md.; Tilson Government Services, LLC*, Portland, Maine; TIME Systems LLC*, Washington, D.C.; TM3 Solutions*, Woodbridge, Va.; TMCI - The McVey Co., Inc. dba TMCI*, Fairfax, Va.; TMGE LLC*, Remington, Va.; Tolliver Group Inc.*, Winter Park, Fla.; Tompkins Consulting LLC dba TC Defense*, Arlington , Va.; Topologe*, Burlington, Mass.; TOTE Services, Inc., Moorestown, N.J.; Trace Systems, Inc.*, McLean, Va.; Trey Software*, La Jolla, Calif.; Trimech Services, LLC dba Trimech Services*, Glen Allen, Va.; Triple Canopy, Inc., Reston, Va.; Trusted Federal Systems, Inc.*, Greenbelt, Md.; TSO Armor and Training, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; United Global Group Inc. dba United Global Group*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Universal Marine Leasing, Inc. dba Universal Marine*, Seaford, Va.; Universal Solutions International, Inc. dba USI*, Newport News, Va.; Universal Strategy Group, Inc.*, Franklin, Tenn.; Unlimited Services Systems Management & Consultants dba USSMC*, Glen Allen, Va.; Valytics, LLC*, Great Falls, Va.; Varen Technologies, Inc.*, Columbia, Md.; Varsant, Inc.*, Waldorf, Md.; Vasto Technologies, Inc.*, Fairfax Station, Va.; Vector Resources, Inc., Torrance, Calif.; Vectrona, LLC*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Venatore LLC*, Tampa, Fla.; Vesa Health & Technology*, San Antonio, Texas; Vion Corp., Herndon, Va.; Visual Soft, Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; VLS IT Consulting, Inc.*, Newark, Del.; VOR Technology, LLC*, Columbia, Md.; VPC Solutions, Inc.*, Dunn Loring, Va.; vTech Solution Inc.*, Chantilly, Va.; VXD Systems, Inc.*, Morganville, N.J.; W4 Limited L.P.*, Fort Worth, Texas; Warrant Technologies LLC*, Bloomington, Ind.; Webworld Technologies, Inc.*, Springfield, Va.; Wellington Federal, LLC*, Dumfries, Va.; Westcarb Enterprises, Inc.*, Springfield, Mass.; Woodbury Technologies, Inc.*, Clearfield, Utah; WPI Services, LLC dba Worldwide PRCH Ingration Services *, Juno Beach, Fla.; XOR Security, LLC*, Fairfax, Va.; Xpect Solutions, Inc.*, Bristow, Va.; YADARI Enterprises*, Fairfield, Calif.; Zephyr Media and Communications, Inc.*, Springfield, Va.; Zurka Interactive LLC*, Vienna, Va.; Kongsberg Gallium Ltd, Kanata, Ontario; Haka Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii; Science Applications International, Corp. (SAIC), McLean, Va.; A. Harold and Associates, LLC dba AHA*, Jacksonville, Fla.; A2Z, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; A-T Solutions, Fredericksburg, Va.; AAC Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md.; AAMCORE Inc.*, Leesburg, Va.; Abbott On Call, Inc. dba AOC, Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; ABSG Consulting Inc., Arlington, Va.; Accenture Federal Services LLC, Arlington, Va.; Acquisition, Research and Logistics, Inc.*, Oxon Hill, Md.; ACTA, Inc.*, Torrance, Calif.; Adaptive Methods, Inc.*, Centreville, Va.; Addx Corp.*, Alexandria, Va.; Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc.*, Orlando, Fla.; Advanced Internet Marketing, Inc. dba GBS Group*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Advanced Systems Technology and Management, Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; Advanced Systems Technology, Inc.*, Lawton, Okla.; Affordable Engineering Services LLC, Coronado, Calif.; Agile Defense, Inc. dba Webster Data Communication*, Fairfax, Va.; ALEX-Alternative Experts, LLC*, Chantilly, Va.; Alpha Solutions Corp.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; ALTRON, Inc.*, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; AM Pierce & Associates, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Amee Bay LLC*, Anchorage, Alaska; American Electronics, Inc.*, California, Md.; American Technical Services, Inc.*, Norco, Calif.; Amron Corp.*, McLean, Va.; Amyx, Inc.*, Reston, Va.; Analysis Modeling and Programming Sciences, Inc.*, Poway, Calif.; Analytic Solutions LLC*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Anchor Innovation, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Andromeda Systems Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Antech Systems, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; AOC Global Services, LLC*, Chantilly, Va.; Apextech, LLC.*, Arlington, Va.; Apogee Solutions, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Applied Engineering Management Corp.*, Herndon, Va.; Applied Logistics Services, Inc.*, Odon, Ind.; Applied Management Corp. dba AM*, Arlington, Va.; Applied Research Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, N.M.; Applied Technical Systems, Inc.*, Silverdale, Wash.; Applied Technology, Inc.*, King George, Va.; A-P-T Research, Inc. dba APT Research*, Huntsville, Ala.; Arinbe Technologies, Inc.*, Falls Church, Va.; Artisan Electronics, Inc.*, Gosport, Ind.; ASM Research, Inc., Fairfax, Va.; AT&T Government Solutions, Inc. dba AT&T, Vienna, Va.; Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC dba ATK Tactical Propulsion and Control, Rocket Center, W.Va.; Atkinson Aeronautics & Technology*, King Geroge, Va.; Atlantic CommTech Corp.*, Norfolk, Va.; Atlas Executive Consulting, LLC*, North Charleston, S.C.; AUSGAR Technologies, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Ausley Associates, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Automation Precision Technology, LLC dba A P T*, Norfolk, Va.; Avaya Government Solutions, Inc., Fairfax, Va.; AVIAN Engineering, LLC*, Lexington Park, Md.; Aviation Systems Engineering Co., Inc. dba ASEC*, Lexington Park, Md.; Avineon, Inc.*, McLean, Va.; AVW Technologies Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; BAI, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio; BGI, LLC*, Akron, Ohio; BLS Consultants, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Brandes Associates, Inc.*, Lone Tree, Colo.; Baum, Romstedt Technology Research Corp. dba BRTRC, Fairfax, Va.; BSC Systems, Inc.*, Chantilly, Va.; Burr Business Solutions, LLC*, Enola, Pa.; CAE USA Inc., Tampa, Fla.; CALNET, Inc., Reston, Va.; Calvert Systems Engineering*, Prince Frederick, Md.; Camber Corp., Huntsville, Ala.; Cameron Bell Corp. dba Gov Solutions Group*, Daniel Island, S.C.; Capstone Corp., Alexandria, Va.; Cardno EM-Assist, Inc., Folsom, Calif.; Carley Corp.*, Orlando, Fla.; Carter-Lambert Divisions, LLC*, Waldorf, Md.; Celeris Systems, Inc.*, Anaheim, Calif.; Centerscope Technologies Inc. dba CenterScope*, Elkridge, Md.; Centurum Technical Solutions, Inc., Marlton, N.J.; CEXEC, Inc.*, Reston, Va.; CGI Federal, Inc., Fairfax, Va.; CGW Technologies, Inc.*, Great Mills, Md.; CJSeto Support Services, LLC*, Ventura, Calif.; Client Solution Architects LLC*, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Client/Server Software Solutions, Inc. dba CSSS.NET*, Bellevue, Neb.; Coalition Solutions Integrated Inc.*, California, Md.; CodeLynx, LLC*, North Charleston, S.C.; Coherent Technical Services, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; COLE Technology Corp.*, Fort Worth, Texas; COLSA Corp., Huntsville, Ala.; Command Decisions Systems & Solutions, Inc. dba CDS2*, Stafford, Va.; CommIT Enterprises Inc.*, Hughesville, Md.; Compass Systems, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Compliance Corp.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Concurrent Technologies Corp., Johnstown, Pa.; CORTEK, Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Cruz Associates Inc.*, Yorktown, Va.; CSSI, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Culmen International, LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; Cydecor, Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; D&L Services, LLC*, California, Md.; D&S Consultants Inc. dba DSCI, Eatontown, N.J.; D3 Technologies, Inc., San Diego, Calif.; Daniel H Wagner Associates, Inc.*, Exton, Pa.; DasNet Corp.*, Bohemia, N.Y.; Data Solutions & Technology Inc.*, Lanham, Md.; DataSource, Inc.*, McLean, Va.; Davis Defense Group*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Dawnbreaker, Inc.*, Rochester, N.Y.; Decision Technologies, Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; Decisive Analytics Corp., Arlington, Va.; Defense Holdings, Inc.*, Manassas Park, Va.; DEL REY Systems and Technology, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Diamond Data Systems, LLC*, Metairie, La.; Diverse Technologies Corp.*, Upper Marlboro, Md.; DKW Communications, Inc.*, Washington, D.C.; Domenix Corp.*, Chantilly, Va.; DRPA Inc.*, Knoxville, Tenn.; Dyncorp International, LLC, Fort Worth, Texas; E. L. Hamm & Associates, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Eagle Systems, California, Md.; Eastern Research Group, Inc., Lexington, Mass.; ECS Federal, Inc. dba E C S, Fairfax, Va.; EHS Technologies Corp.*, Moorestown, N.J.; EMSolutions, Inc. dba EMSolutions*, Arlington, Va.; EMW, INC.*, Herndon, Va.; Engineering Support Personnel Inc. dba ESP*, Orlando, Fla.; Enterprise Information Services, Inc. dba ESI, Vienna, Va.; Enterprise Resource Performance, Inc. dba ERPI*, Leesburg, Va.; EOIR Technologies, Inc., Fredericksburg, Va.; E S H Group Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; ESRG Government Services, LLC dba ESRG*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Exceptional Software Strategies, Inc.*, Linthicum Heights, Md.; EXCET, INC., Springfield, Va.; Exelis, Inc., Herndon, Va.; Facchina Global Services, LLC, La Plata, Md.; Falconwood*, Arlington, Va.; Flatter & Associates, INC.*, Stafford, Va.; Forward Slope*, San Diego, Calif.; Fulcrum Corp.*, Arlington, Va.; Fulcrum IT Services, LLC, Centreville, Va.; G2 Software Systems*, San Diego, Calif.; Geographic Information Services, Inc. dba GIS*, Birmingham, Ala.; Geologics Corp., Alexandria, Va.; George Consulting, Ltd.*, Daniel Island, S.C.; Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga.; Global Business Solutions, Inc. dba GBSI*, Pensacola, Fla.; Global Services Corp., Fayetteville, N.C.; Global Systems Technologies dba GST*, Yardley, Pa.; Global Technology and Management Resources, Inc. dba GTMR*, Leonardtown, Md.; Goldbelt Hawk, LLC dba GBHAWK*, Newport News, Va.; Gnostech, Inc.*, Warminster, Pa.; GPA Technologies, Inc.*, Ventura, Calif.; Greenfield Engineering Corp.*, Leonardtown, Md.; Greenpak Development, Inc.*, Parkersburg, W.Va.; Greystones Consulting Group LLC dba Greystones Group*, Washington, D.C.; Grove Resource Solutions, Inc. dba GRSI*, Frederick, Md.; GSTEK Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Harlan Lee & Associates*, Vienna, Va.; Harmonia Holdings Group LLC*, Blacksburg, Va.; Harry Kahn Associates, Inc.*, Hagerstown, Md.; HART Technologies Inc.*, Manassas, Va.; HDT Engineering Services, Inc., Fredericksburg, Va.; HEBCO, INC.*, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Herdt Consulting, Inc. dba Herdt*, Chelsea, Ala.; HI-TEST Laboratories, Inc.*, Arvonia, Va.; Holmes-Tucker International, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Homeland Security Solutions, Inc., Hampton, Va.; Honeywell Technology Solutions dba Honeywell, Columbia, Md.; HP Enterprise Services, LLC, Herndon, Va.; Hughes Associates, Baltimore, Md.; I-Prise Communications, Inc.*, Oxnard, Calif. ; IBASET*, Foothill Ranch, Calif.; II Corps Consultants, Inc. dba II Corps Consultants*, Locust Grove, Va.; ICF Inc., L.L.C., Fairfax, Va.; Imagine One Technology and Management LTD*, Colonial Beach, Va.; Information Planning Associates, Inc.*, Falls Church, Va.; Info Soft Systems Inc.*, Potomac, Md.; InfoReliance Corp., Fairfax, Va.; Information Management Resources*, Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Information Research Corp.*, Bridgeport, W.Va.; InnovaSystems International LLC, San Diego, Calif.; Innovative Aviation Services, Inc.*, Woodbridge, Va.; Innovative Decisions, Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; Innovative Logistics Support Services Corp.*, New Orleans, La.; IMS-Chas*, North Charleston, S.C.; Innovative Reasoning LLC*, Orlando, Fla.; Integrated Consultants Inc. dba ICI Integrated Consultants*, San Diego, Calif.; Integrated Systems Analyst dba ISA*, Alexandria, Va.; INTEKRAS, Inc.*, Sterling, Va.; Intelligent Decision Systems Inc.*, Centreville, Va.; intelliSolutions, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Intergraph Government Solutions Corp. dba IGS, Madison, Ala.; International Business Machines Corp. dba IBM, Bethesda, Md.; International Systems Management Corp.*, Boyds, Md.; Interoptek, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; ISPA Technology*, Centreville, Va.; ITA International LLC*, Yorktown, Va.; IZ Technologies, Inc.*, Sterling, Va.; J. M. Waller Associates, Inc., Fairfax, Va.; J.F. Taylor, Inc., Lexington Park, Md.; J5 Systems*, San Diego, Calif.; Jahn Corp.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Janus Research Group, Inc., Appling, Ga.; Jardon and Howard Technologies*, Orlando, Fla.; JBR Resources, LLC*, Carlisle, Pa.; JC3 Global, Inc.*, La Plata, Md.; Joint Research and Development, Inc.*, Stafford, Va.; Juno Technologies*, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; KAEGAN Corp.*, Orlando, Fla.; Kalman and Co., Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.; Kay and Associates, Inc., Buffalo Grove, Ill.; Ki Ho Military Acquisition Consulting, Inc. dba KIHOMAC*, Fairfax, Va.; King Technologies, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Klett Consulting Group*, Virginia Beach, Va.; KMS Solutions, LLC*, Melbourne, Fla.; Knight Networking and Web Design, Inc. dba Knight Networking*, Marlton, N.J.; Knowledge Engineers, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; KOAM Engineering Systems, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services, Inc., San Diego, Calif.; Liberty Business Associates, LLC*, North Charleston, S.C.; LinQuest Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.; Linxx Global Solutions, Inc., dba Linxx Security*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Logistics Management Institute dba LMI, McLean, Va.; Logis-Tech, Inc.*, Manassas, Va.; Logistic Services International, Inc. dba LSI, Jacksonville, Fla.; Logistics Support Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; Long Wave Inc.*, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Loyola Enterprises Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; LTM Inc.*, Havelock, N.C.; M.C. Dean, Inc., Dulles, Va.; M2 Consulting Corp*, San Diego, Calif.; MAC Consulting Services, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; MacAulay-Brown Inc., Dayton, Ohio; Main Sail, LLC*, Cleveland, Ohio; Maintenance Inspection Services, Inc.*, Morganton, N.C.; Management & Engineering Technologies International, Inc. dba METI*, El Paso, Texas; Management Consulting Inc. dba MANCON, Virginia Beach, Va.; MANDEX Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Manufacturing Engineering System, Inc dba MES*, Rockville, Md.; Manufacturing Techniques, Inc. dba M-TEQ, Kilmarnock, Va.; Marine Acoustics*, MIddletown, R.I.; Maritime Applied Physics Corp.*, Baltimore, Md.; MARKON, Inc.*, Falls Church, Va.; Marlin Alliance Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Marshall Communications Corp.*, Ashburn, Va.; MCR Federal LLC, McLean, Va.; Merdan Group, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Metamorphosis Group Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; Metron Inc.*, Reston, Va.; Metson Marine Services, Inc.*, Ventura, Calif.; MI Technical Solutions*, Chesapeake, Va.; MicroTechnologies, LLC dba Microtech, Vienna, Va.; Mid Atlantic Engineering Technical Services, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Mikel*, Fall River, Mass.; MIL Corp., Bowie, Md.; Millennium Corp.*, Arlington, Va.; Milli Micro Systems, Inc. dba Mms Tactical*, Northridge, Calif.; MILVETS Systems Technology*, Orlando, Fla.; Minerva Engineering*, Mesa, Ariz.; Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., Alexandria, Va.; Momentum Inc.*, Camp Hill, Pa.; MPR Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Va.; MTG Services, Inc.*, Lakehurst, N.J.; MTS Technologies*, Arlington, Va.; Mutual Telecom Services Inc. dba Black Box Network Services, Needham, Mass.; MYMIC*, Portsmouth, Va.; KSH Solutions Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; Nakuuruq Solutions LLC*, Herndon, Va.; Nathan Kunes, Inc.*, Coronado, Calif.; National Sourcing, Inc.*, Tampa, Fla.; Naval Systems, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; NCI Information Systems, Inc., Reston, Va.; Netzer Russell Consulting, LLC*, Ridgecrest, Calif.; Next Wave Systems, LLC*, Pekin, Ind.; Oak Grove Technologies LLC*, Raleigh, N.C.; Object CTalk*, King of Prussia, Pa.; Odyssey Systems Consulting Group LTD., Wakefield, Mass.; Oldenburg Group Inc. dba Oldenburg Lakeshore, Kingsford, MI; Omnitech Solutions, Inc.*, Bethesda, Md.; Opal Soft Inc.*, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Organizational Strategies Inc. dba OSI*, Arlington, Va.; Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; P3I, Inc., Hopkinton, Mass.; PAL Services*, O Fallon, Mo.; Parsons Government Services Inc., Pasadena, Calif.; Patrona Corp. dba Patrona*, Arlington, Va.; PCCI Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; PC Engineering, Inc.*, Panama City, Fla.; Penobscot Bay Media LLC dba Pen Bay Media*, Rockland, Maine; Phacil. Inc., Arlington, Va.; Phoenix Group Of Virginia, Inc. dba PGV*, Chesapeake, Va.; PAL Technologies Inc. dba Pal-Tech*, Arlington, Va.; Potomac-Hudson Engineering Inc.*, Gaithersburg, Md.; Prairie Quest Consulting*, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Precise Systems*, Lexington Park, Md.; Predicate Logic*, San Diego, Calif.; Preferred Systems Solutions, Vienna, Va.; Prism Maritime LLC*, Chesapeake, Va.; Professional Solutions1, LLC dba Professional Solutions, Alexandria, Va.; Professional Systems Associates, Inc.*, Panama City, Fla.; Progeny Systems, Manassas, Va.; Programs Management Analytics & Technologies, Inc. dba PMAT*, Norfolk, Va.; Prometheus Co.*, Lexington Park, Md.; PSI PAX INC.*, California, Md.; Puritan Research Corp.*, Vienna, Va.; Quadelta*, Arlington, Va.; Quantum Professional Services*, San Diego, Calif.; R & D Training and Technical Services, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; R&K Solutions, Inc.*, Roanoke, Va.; Radiance Technologies, Inc., Huntsville, Ala.; Research Analysis and Engineering, LLC*, Arlington, Va.; RAM Laboratories*, San Diego, Calif.; RBC*, Alexandria, Va.; Regis & Associates, PC*, Washington, D.C.; Reliability & Performance Technologies LLC dba RP Technologies*, Dublin, Pa.; Reliable Government Solutions Inc.*, Beltsville, Md.; Renaissance Sciences Corp.*, Chandler, Ariz.; Rentfrow Inc.*, Ventura, Calif.; Research and Engineering Development, LLC, Lexington Park, Md.; RGS Associates, Arlington, Va.; RNB Technologies, Inc., Stafford, Va.; ROH Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; Rohrbach Group, Inc.*, Poway, Calif.; ROI Consulting LLC*, Mullica Hill, N.J.; Rollout Systems, LLC*, California, Md.; S4 Inc.*, Burlington, Mass.; Saalex Corp dba Saalex Solutions*, Camarillo, Calif.; Sabre Systems, Inc., Warrington, Pa.; SAM Inc.*, College Park, Md.; San Diego Community College District dba San Diego City College, San Diego, Calif.; Savvee Consulting, Inc.*, Chantilly, Va.; Sayres and Associates*, Washington, D.C.; SBG Technology Solutions*, Stafford, Va.; Schafer Corp. dba WJ Shafer and Associates, Chelmsford, Mass.; SDS International Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Secure Mission Solutions, LLC. Dba SMS, N. Charleston, S.C.; Sentek Consulting Inc. dba Sentek Global*, San Diego, Calif.; Serrano IT Services*, Omaha, Neb.; ShadowObjects LLC*, Leonardtown, Md.; Sierra Management and Technologies, Inc.*, California, Md.; Silver Bullet Solutions Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; Simulation Systems Technologies, Inc. dba SSTI*, Voohees, N.J.; SITE, LLC dba Systems Intgrtion Tech Evltion*, Arlington, Va.; Smartronix, Inc., Hollywood, Md.; Solution Engineering Associates, Inc. dba SEAI*, Lexington Park, Md.; Sotera Defense Solutions Inc., Herndon, Va.; Sound & Sea Technology, Inc. dba Sound & Sea Technology*, Lynnwood, Wash.; Southwest Research Institute dba SWRI, San Antonio, Texas; Spalding Consulting, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Spatial Integrated Systems Inc. dba SIS*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Specialty Systems*, Toms River, N.J.; Spectrum Technology Group, Inc.*, Gaithersburg, Md.; SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif.; Standard Calibrations, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Stargates Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; STG Inc., Reston, Va.; STIMULUS Engineering Services, Inc.*, Loogootee, Ind.; Strategic Analysis, Inc., Arlington, Va.; Strategic Data Systems dba SDS*, San Diego, Calif.; Strategic Technology Institute Inc. dba STI*, Rockville, Md.; Stratom Inc.*, Boulder, Colo.; Subsidium, Inc.*, Luray, Va.; Summit Technical Solutions, LLC*, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Sunset Design & Programming Inc. dba Sunset Design*, Oxnard, Calif.; Support Systems Associates, Inc.*, Melbourne, Fla.; Survice Engineering Co., Belcamp, Md.; Symvionics Inc.*, Arcadia, Calif.; Synergy Software Design, LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Systems Documentation, Inc.*, Piscataway, N.J.; Systems Engineering & Management Co. dba SEMCO*, Vista, Calif.; Systems Engineering Support dba SESCO*, San Diego, Calif.; Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc., Alexandria, Va.; Systems Plus, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; SRA International Inc. dba SRA, Fairfax, Va.; Sysytems Technology Forum, Limited*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Target Media Mid Atlantic Inc. dba Target Systems*, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Technical Software Services, Inc.. dba TECHSOFT*, Pensacola, Fla.; Tech Wizards, Inc.*, Newburg, Md.; Technical and Project Engineering, LLC dba TAPE*, Alexandria, Va.; Technology and Management International, LLC dba TAMI*, Toms River, N.J.; Technology Associates International Corp. dba TAIC, Carlsbad, Calif.; Technology Security Associates Inc.*, California, Md.; Technomics*, Arlington, Va.; Tekla Research Inc.*, Dumfries, Va.; Teleconsultants Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; TELESIS Corp.*, Beltsville, Md.; Tetra Tech EMC, Inc. dba Tetra Tech EMC, Camarillo, Calif.; Thornberry Consulting, LLC*, Mount Airy, Md.; TIE Today, Inc.*, Oviedo, Fla.; Technology Program Services Associates, Inc.*, Whiting, N.J.; Transformation Systems Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; TRANSTECS Corp.*, Wichita, Kan.; Tri-Force Consulting Services Inc.*, Lansdale, Pa.; Triton Services, Inc.*, Annapolis, Md.; Triumph Enterprises, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Trofholz Technologies, Inc.*, Rocklin, Calif.; Truston Technologies, Inc.*, Broussard, La.; T-Solutions, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Turner Strategic Technologies, LLC*, Norfolk, Va.; TWM Associates, Inc.*, Falls Church, Va.; Unconventional Concepts, Inc.*, Mary Esther, Fla.; Unified Industries Inc.*, Springfield, Va.; Unisys Corp. dba Federal Systems, Reston, Va.; Universal Consulting Services, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. dba UTRS, Cherry Hill, N.J.; Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Vaughn Management & Services, Inc.*, Camarillo, Calif.; VectorCSP, LLC*, Elizabeth City, N.C.; Veteran Enterprise Technology Services, LLC dba VETS*, Vienna, Va.; Vision Point Systems, Inc.*, Blacksburg, Va.; Visual Concepts LLC*, Ventura, Calif.; Vox Optima, LLC*, Albuquerque, N.M.; VT AEPCO Inc., Alpharetta, Ga.; W R Systems, Ltd., Fairfax, Va.; Washington Technology Group, Inc.*, Silver Spring, Md.; Web Business Solutions Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Whitney, Bradley & Brown Inc., Reston, Va.; WGS Systems LLC*, Frederick, Md.; Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Ala.; X-Feds, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Zekiah Technologies, Inc.*, La Plata, Md.; Zimmerman Associates, Inc. dba ZAI, Fairfax, Va.; Accelerated Development & Support Corp. dba ADS*, Arlington, Va.; Applied Computing Technologies, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Artemis Consulting, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; BTP Systems, LLC*, Ludlow, Mass.; Caelum Research Corp.*, Rockville, Md.; Cape Henry Associates, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Collins Consulting, Inc.*, Schaumburg, Ill.; Craig Technical Consulting, Inc. dba Craig Technologies*, Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Dynamic Analytics and Test, LLC*, Arlington, Va.; GCC Technologies, LLC*, Oakland, Md.; Global Defense, Inc. dba GDI*, Arlington, Va.; J3S, Inc.*, Georgetown, Texas; KPMG LLP, McLean, Va.; Kros-Wise*, San Diego, Calif.; Marine Systems Corp.*, Boston, Mass.; Monroe Defense Industry Consulting, Inc.*, Colonial Beach, Va.; Natural SPI Inc.*, Tucson, Ariz.; Navmar Applied Sciences Corp., Warminster, Pa.; NS Software Services Inc. dba Stiltmart Learning Management Services*, Pensacola, Fla.; Ohm Systems, Inc.*, Horsham, Pa.; Orqid Consulting & Associates, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Pacific Science & Engineering Group, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Quality Innovative Solutions, Inc. dba QI-Solutions, QISI*, Oxnard, Calif.; Referentia Systems Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii; S & K Technologies, Inc.*, Saint Ignatius, Mont.; Sedna Digital Solutions, LLC*, Manassas, Va.; Softcomm Inc. dba Softcomm*, San Diego, Calif.; Solers, Inc., Arlington, Va.; SOLUTE dba SOLUTE Consulting*, San Diego, Calif.; STS International, Inc.*, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.; System Planning Corp., Arlington, Va.; Systems Technologies, Inc., West Long Branch, N.J.; TechFlow, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Tecolote Research, Inc., Goleta, Calif.; Tek Source USA, Inc.*, Tampa, Fla.; Wakelight Technologies, Inc.*, Honolulu, Hawaii; Analysis Group, LLC, Falls Church, Va.; Salient Federal-SGIS, Inc. dba SGIS, San Diego, Calif.; Vector Planning and Services, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Investment Management Enterprise Inc.*, Richmond, Va.; iO Technologies, Inc.*, Dahlgren, Va.; Electromagnetic Compatibility Management Concepts dba EMC Management Concepts*, Sterling, Va.
BSC Partners LLC,* Binghamton, N.Y., is being awarded a $30,456,711 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract under Topic #03-190 entitled Helicopter Operations Aircrew/Crew Chief Trainer. The objective of this SBIR effort is to design, fabricate, install, and test four MH-60R Naval Aircrew Training Systems and three MH-60S Aircrew Virtual Environment Trainer (AVET) devices and upgrade the original SBIR Phase III delivered AVET S/N 1 to the AVET S/N2 baseline configuration for commonality. This effort also includes training, contractor field services, contractor phone support and spares for all devices. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (45 percent); Binghamton, N.Y. (30 percent); San Diego, Calif. (13 percent); Norfolk, Va. (6 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (3 percent); and Mayport, Fla. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2019. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $30,456,711 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-5. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61340-14-C-0002).
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., is being awarded an $8,916,209 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price task orders to provide paints, coatings, solvents, preservation products, and engineering/technical services for Military Sealift Command (MSC). PPG Industries Inc., shall provide paint products and services for MSC ships and any other government-owned or government-chartered ships designated by MSC. This contract includes four 12-month option periods, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $44,516,439. Work will be performed worldwide and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2014. If all option periods are exercised, work will continue to September 2018. Working capital contract funds are subject to availability of fiscal 2014 funding, and funds will expire at the end of that fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via solicitation posted to the Military Sealift Command’s procurement website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with and four offers received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-14-D-8010).
Emprise Corp., Ledyard, Conn., is being awarded an $8,739,750 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders for support services in the areas of maintenance, reliability and system engineering services, and engineering and technical services. This contract will provide support services to Military Sealift Command vessels, as well as other U.S. Navy and government owned vessels worldwide. This contract includes one 12-month option period and two six-month option periods, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $26,719,053. Work will be performed in Ledyard, Conn., and on board vessels located worldwide, and work is expected to be completed Nov. 19, 2014. If all option periods are exercised, work will continue through November 2016. Working capital contract funds in the amount of $100,000 are obligated for fiscal 2014, and will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via solicitation posted to the Military Sealift Command, Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with more than 170 companies solicited and two offers received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-14-D-8005).
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Co., Simsbury, Conn, is being awarded an $8,650,874 firm-fixed-priced contract for five sizes of low-hazard linear shaped charges. The low-hazard flexible linear shaped charges are used to produce a linear cutting action in various applications where remote, fast and reliable cutting of obstacles and other targets is required. Work will be performed in Nortonville, Ky., and is expected to be completed by November 2018. Fiscal 2013 procurement of ammunition, Air Force contract funds in the amount of $553,500 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-14-D-JR10).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
American Regent, Shirley, N.Y., has been awarded a maximum $28,074,324 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for various pharmaceutical products in support of the corporate exigency contract program to provide medical/surgical surge, re-supply, and sustainment material. This contract is a competitive acquisition, and thirty-one offers were received. Location of performance is New York with a Nov. 17, 2014 performance completion date. This contract is a one-year base with seven one-year option periods. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 warstopper funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM2D0-14-D-0001).
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $300,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for development and production of multiple foreign military sales test vehicles and equipment, mission planning, mission operational flight program, test support, logistics support, sustainment, and non-recurring engineering. Work will be performed at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Troy, Ala., with an expected completion date of Nov. 19, 2018. This contract involves foreign military sales with Finland and Australia. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8682-13-D-0049).
Bering Straits Logistics Services, Anchorage, Alaska has been awarded a $12,274,457 modification (P00012) to previously awarded FA810012C0002 as the 76th Maintenance Wing material support integrator. The contractor shall maintain day-to-day operations to include all labor, supervision, materials, tools, equipment, personnel protective equipment, interim storage, transportation, and incidentals. The contractor shall be responsible for obtaining material and supply agreements with individual vendors to provide all the PPE and materials required for this program. The contractor shall provide program management, strategic analysis for future needs, recommendations to increase efficiencies, improve cost savings, and ensure compliance with applicable laws, directives, and regulatory requirements. Work will be performed at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. with an expected completion date of Dec. 18, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Depot Maintenance Activity Group funds in the amount of $12,274,457 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity.
Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC., Thousand Oaks, Calif., was awarded a $8,409,250 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Knowledge Representation in Neural Systems program. The objective of the program is to develop new theories that explain how conceptual knowledge is represented in the human brain and test those theories by demonstrating the ability to predict and interpret concept-related patterns of neural activity measured non-invasively. Work will be performed at Thousand Oaks, Calif., with an expected completion date of Jan. 16, 2017. Fiscal 2013 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $3,072,169 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and 13 offers were received. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-14-C-7357).
S&K Aerospace LLC, Saint Ignatius, Mont., has been awarded an estimated $7,126,828 modification (P00005) on an existing firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable-no-fee contract (FA8505-12-D-0002) for foreign military sales Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 classified items Third Party Logistics Repair & Return management services. This modification adds 13 months period of performance to the basic contract. Work will be performed at Warner Robins, Ga., and multiple certified sources of repair located throughout the continental United States, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 19, 2014. This contract is 100 percent Foreign Military Sales for Saudi Arabia. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWKA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity.
*Small Business
CONTRACTS
NAVY
The Navy is awarding indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contracts to 914 contractors that will provide for their competition for service requirements solicited by Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, Strategic Systems Programs, Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Marine Corps. The 22 functional service areas within the scope of the contracts include: 1) research and development support, 2) engineering system engineering and process engineering support, 3) modeling, simulation, stimulation and analysis support, 4) prototyping, pre-production, model-making and fabric support, 5) system design documentation and technical data support, 6) software engineering, development, programming and network support, 7) reliability, maintainability and availability support, 8) human factors, performance and usability engineering support, 9) system safety engineering support, 10) configuration management support, 11) quality assurance support, 12) information system development, information assurance and information technology support, 13) ship inactivation and disposal support, 14) interoperability, test and evaluation, trials support, 15) measurement facilities, range and instrumentation support, 16) acquisition logistics support, 17) supply and provisioning support, 18) training support, 19) in-service engineering, fleet introduction, installation and checkout support, 20) program support, 21) functional and administrative support, and 22) public affairs and multimedia support. These contracts are in addition to the existing 2,838 contracts previously awarded under the SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) acquisition program for services procurements. The government estimates a maximum of $5,300,000,000 of services will be procured per year via orders issued under the SeaPort-e multiple award contracts. The award of these contracts is a result of the SeaPort-e Rolling Admissions solicitation. The SeaPort-e acquisition is comprised of seven regional zones in which task orders will be competed based upon the principal place of performance. These awards contain provisions to set aside requirements for small businesses, service disabled veteran owned small businesses, 8a business development program and historically under-utilized business zone small businesses. Under these multiple award contracts, each contractor will be provided a fair opportunity to compete for individual task orders solicited within their zone or zones of performance. The awards will have a five-month base period with one five-year option. These contracts were competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 955 offers received and 914 contracts awarded. Contract funds will be obligated at the time of task order award and, multiple funding types with varying expiration dates may be used, consistent with the purpose for which the funds were appropriated. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity (N00178-14-D-7128 -- N00178-14-D-8045). The list of contractors involved are: 1 Source Consulting, Inc., Germantown, Md.; 2Is Inc.*, Walpole, Mass.; 4M Research Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; A² Systems Engineering Inc.*, El Segundo, Calif.; A2B Tracking Solutions, Inc.*, Portsmouth, R.I.; AAR Parts Trading Inc. doing business as (dba) AAR Defense Systems and Logistics, Wood Dale, Ill.; A-B Computer Solutions, Inc.*, Mandeville, La.; Accent Controls, Inc.*, Riverside, Mo.; Access Personnel Services, Inc.*, Lancaster, Pa.; Acquisition Systems Associates, Inc.*, Great Falls, Va.; Adaptive Consulting & Training Services, LLC dba ACTS*, Stafford, Va.; Adela Technologies*, Leonardtown,, Md.; Aderas, Inc.*, Reston, Va.; Advanced Mission Systems, LLC*, Charlotte, N.C.; Advanced Professional Consulting, Inc. dba Veteran Technologists*, Aberdeen, Md.; Advanced Sciences and Technologies, LLC.*, Berlin, N.J.; Advanced Technology Services dba OptiDoc*, Marietta, Ga.; Advanced Technology Systems Co., Inc. (Of Virginia)*, Mclean, Va. ; Advantage SCI, LLC*, El Segundo, Calif.; Advent Business Co., Inc.*, Aurora , Ill.; Advent SVCS LLC*, Panama City Beach, Fla.; AED, Inc.*, Hyattsville, Md.; Affinity Fidelis Consulting and Technologies, LLC dba Affinity Fidelis *, Fredericksburg, Va.; AFGlobe Communications Inc. dba ACI Solutions*, Sterling, Va.; Agile Government Services, Inc.*, Overland Park, Kan.; Ahtna Support and Training Services, LLC*, Anchorage, Alaska; AINET Corp.*, Beltsville, Md.; Air Logistics and Engineering Consultants, LLC*, Warner Robins, Ga.; Aitheras, LLC dba Aitheras*, Rockville, Md.; Alexandria Insights, Inc.*, Fairfax Station, Va.; All U Need Temporary Services dba All U Need Personnel*, Washington, D.C.; Allen Corp. of America, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Allied Reliability, Inc.*, North Charleston, S.C.; AlphaSix Corp.*, Sterling, Va.; American Computer Development Inc. dba ACDI*, Frederick, Md.; American Society for Engineering Education dba ASEE, Washington, D.C.; America's Staffing Partner, Inc.*, Bethlehem, Pa.; AMP Management Consulting LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Ampcus Inc.*, Chantilly , Va.; Anderson Solutions & Associates dba ASA*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Anglicotech LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Apex Data Systems Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Apogee Engineering, LLC*, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Applied Computer Science Group, Inc.*, Bowie, Md.; Applied Visual Technology, Inc. dba AVT Simulation*, Orlando, Fla.; Aranea Solutions, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; Arch Systems*, Baltimore, Md.; Ardent Technologies, Inc.*, Dayton, Ohio; Armada, Ltd*, Powell, Ohio; Art Anderson Associates, Inc.*, Bremerton, Wash.; ASP Web Solutions, LLC*, Bartlett, Tenn.; Augustine Consulting, Inc.*, Monterey, Calif.; AURA Systems Technologies*, San Dimas, Calif.; Avanco International, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Avani Technology Solutions Inc.*, Rochester, N.Y.; Averalink Information Systems, LLC*, North Charleston, S.C.; Avion Solutions, Inc. dba Avion*, Huntsville, Ala.; AVOSYS Technology, Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; AVPOL International LLC dba AIL*, Memphis, Tenn.; Axiom Resource Management, Inc. , Falls Church, Va.; B&L Machine & Fabrication*, Norfolk, Va.; Badger Defense Group Inc.*, Orlando, Fla.; Banner Staffing*, Washington, D.C.; Barba Consulting, Inc.*, Marlton, N.J.; BarnAllen Technologies, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Barnett Engineering & Signaling Laboratories*, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Bayfield Technology Group, Inc.*, Luray, Va. ; Bayonet Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; BFG Systems LLC dba: BFG Systems*, Saint Petersburg, Fla.; BITHOP Systems, Inc.*, Springfield, Va.; Bitterroot Services & Technology LLC dba BST*, Florence, Mont; BleuForce, LLC*, Chula Vista, Calif.; Blue Tang Solutions, Inc.*, Coronado, Calif.; Boarhog LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; Boulevard Consulting Group, LLC*, Arlington, Va.; Bowhead Professional Solutions, LLC dba BPS*, Alexandria, Va.; Bowler Pons Solutions Consultants, LLC dba Immigration Integrity Group*, Arnold, Md.; Bridge Group, LLC*, Bumpass, Va.; BuddoBot Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Business Enterprises & Systems Technology, Inc. dba BESTech*, McLean, Va.; C Parker Consulting, Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Carolina Growler Inc.*, Star, N.C.; Catalyst Solutions, LLC*, Stafford, Va.; CATVIDEO, Inc. dba CATMEDIA*, Tucker, Ga.; Caulfield Consulting, Inc.*, Ashburn, Va.; CB Technologies, Inc., Westminster, Calif.; C-Edge Software Consultants LLC*, Saint Louis, Mo.; Center for Applied Innovation*, Yorktown, Va.; Center for Organizational Excellence, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Cherokee Nation Red Wing, LLC*, Tulsa, Okla.; CHP Solutions*, Stafford, Va.; Citadel Logic, LLC*, Hampton, Va.; Claxton Logistics Services, LLC*, Stafford, Va.; Cobec Consulting, Inc.*, Manassas, Va.; Comptech PC*, Fort Pierce, Fla.; Computational Physics, Inc.*, Springfield, Va.; Computer Technologies Consultants, Inc. dba CTC*, Seabrook, Md.; Concord Crossroads*, Manassas, Va.; Conetsco, Inc.*, Manassas, Va.; Consortium for Ocean Leadership Inc., Washington, D.C.; Constellation Software Engineering Corp.*, Lanham, Md.; Converge IT Solutions, LLC*, Clinton, Md.; Mager, William Grant dba Core Services Group*, Virginia Beach, Va.; CoreSys Consulting Services, LLC*, Alexandria, Va.; Coronata Systems, Inc.*, Ardmore, Tenn.; Cougaar Software, Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; Covell Solutions*, Vienna, Va.; Creative Business Solutions, Inc.*, Washington, D.C.; Crewestone Technologies, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Crown Consulting, Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; CTCA.info, LLC*, Edgewater, Md.; Customer Inspired Solutions, LLC*, King of Prussia, Pa.; Cyber Security Engineering Associates LLC dba CSEA*, Baltimore, Md.; Cyber Technology Services, Inc. dba Cytech Services*, Manassas, Va.; Daniel Eke and Associates, PC*, Silver Spring, Md.; Data Tactics Corp.*, McLean, Va.; Datalis Solutions Corp.*, Montvale, N.J.; Daylight Defense, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; DeNovo Solutions LLC*, Centennial, Colo.; Designed Consulting LLC*, Yuma, Ariz.; DCAPS Inc.*, Shalimar, Fla.; Digital Consultants LLC*, Mclean, Va.; Dignitas Technologies LLC*, Orlando, Fla.; Dilks - Simone Enterprises, Inc.*, North Charleston, S.C.; DirectViz Solutions LLC*, Chantilly, Va.; DuChancell Engineering Consulting*, Del Mar, Calif.; Durbin Group, LLC*, Spotsylvania, Va.; Dynamic Computer Corp. dba Connecting Point Computer Center*, Farmington Hills, Mich.; Dynamic Management Associates*, Woodbridge, Va.; Dynamic Pro Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; ECLAT Integrated Software Solutions, Inc..*, Stafford, Texas; Edwards Group LLC dba Polaris Technology Solutions*, Aldie, Va.; Effecture, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; eKuber Ventures Inc.*, Herndon, Va.; Elda and Edwina International Inc.*, Columbia, Md.; Electro Standards Laboratory Inc. dba Electro Standards Laboratories*, Cranston, R.I.; e-Management Consultants, Inc.*, Silver Spring, Md.; Emerging Technology Support LLC*, Mooresville, N.C.; Eminent IT, LLC dba Eminent*, Arlington, Va.; Energy Plus Limited dba Energy Research Consultants*, Laguna Hills, Calif.; Enformatica*, San Diego, Calif.; Engineering Solutions and Products LLC, Eatontown, N.J.; Envision, LLC.*, Saint Louis, Mo.; ENX Group, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; EPIC Consulting Planning & Business Information LLC*, Springfield, Va.; ESEA*, Los Altos, Calif.; Estuate Inc.*, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Etelic Inc.*, Glen Allen, Va.; eTRANSERVICES LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Evanhoe & Associates, Inc. dba AIDC Solutions*, Dayton, Ohio; Evergreen Fire Alarms, LLC dba Evergreen Fire &Security*, Tacoma, Wash.; Evigilant.com Inc. dba eVigilant Security*, Lorton, Va.; Explosive Ordnance Mission Focused Defense LLC dba EOMFD*, Goose Creek, S.C.; Extreme Data Technologies LLC*, Norwalk, Conn.; EyeIT.com, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Fathom 4, LLC*, Charleston, S.C.; FedForce, Inc.*, Reston, Va.; Field Data Technology, LLC*, Fairfax, Va.; Flight Test Aerospace, Inc.*, Chantilly, Va.; G2SF, INC.*, Reston, Va.; GameSim Inc.*, Orlando, Fla.; Gantec Corp.*, Schaumburg, Ill.; Gartner, Inc., Stamford, Conn.; GCorp Consulting dba GKORP*, Chula Vista, Calif.; Gemini Industries Inc.*, Burlington, Mass.; GeoNorth, LLC*, Anchorage, Alaska; Germanos Defense Services, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; GET Engineering*, El Cajon, Calif.; GINIA Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Global Services International, LLC*, Killeen, Texas; Global Solutions Group Inc.*, Detroit, Mich.; Government Contracting Services LLC*, Roy, Wash.; Government Contracting Specialists, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; GRAVICOM LLC*, Elnora, Ind.; GS5, LLC*, Dumfries, Va.; Haven 365 LLC*, Stafford, Va.; HCH Enterprises, LLC*, Providence, R.I.; Heritage Services Corp.*, Cocoa, Fla.; Hester Group*, Jacksonville, Fla.; Highbury Defense Group*, San Diego, Calif.; Hosted Records Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Howard & Co., Inc.*, Reston, Va.; HPT Advisory Services, LLC*, McLean, Va.; H.T. Innovations, L.L.C.*, Chesterfield, Va.; Hyperion Biotechnology Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; ICS Technologies, Inc.*, McLean, Va.; Ideation Inc.*, Chantilly, Va.; Identity Management Systems, LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; IERUS Technologies, Inc.*, Huntsville, Ala.; Immersive Media Tactical Solutions, LLC*, Fredericksburg, Va.; INADEV Corp.*, McLean, Va.; Incident Communication Solutions, LLC*, Stevensville, Md.; Infinity Support Services*, Aldie, Va.; Infolob Solutions, Inc.*, Irving, Texas; Information Innovators, Inc., Springfield, Va.; InfoStructures, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Innoflight, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Innovation Business Partners, Inc.*, Lavallette, N.J.; Innovative Algorithms, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; Innovative Services & Solutions dba ISS*, Mansfield, Texas; Innovim Defense Services LLC dba IDS*, Oxon Hill, Md.; Integrated Defense Applications, LLC dba IDA Technology*, El Paso, Texas; Integrated Financial Analysts, Ltd. dba INFINA*, Tysons Corner, Va.; InteliTrac, Inc.*, Fort Worth, Texas; Intellectual Concepts, LLC*, Atlanta, Ga.; Intelligent Automation Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; Interactive Government Holdings, LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Interdyne Corp.*, Mooresville, N.C.; International Business Sales & Services Corp. dba IBSS Corp*, Silver Spring, Md.; INTER-OP.NET Inc. dba INTER-OP*, Virginia Beach, Va.; InterOptions, LLC*, Tampa, Fla.; IPSecure Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; ISI Telemanagement Solutions, Inc.*, Schaumburg, Ill.; ISYS Inc. dba ISYS Technologies*, Littleton, Colo.; IT Concepts, Inc.*, Ashburn, Va.; ITC Defense Corp.*, Arlington, Va.; IT-CNP, INC.*, Columbia, Md.; I-Three Solutions, LLC*, Lexington Park, Md.; ITMC Solutions, LLC*, Bristow, Va.; IWON, LLC*, Colonial Beach , Va.; Jamison Professional Services, Inc.*, East Point, Ga.; JDR Unlimited, LLC*, Melbourne, Fla.; Jered LLC dba PHR, Brunswick, Ga.; JETPUBS Inc.*, Hudson, WI; Joiner Associates LLC*, Norfolk, Va.; Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. dba Public Institutions, Washington, D.C.; JRM Enterprises, Inc. dba JRM Technologies*, Fredericksburg, Va.; 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M. Waller Associates, Inc., Fairfax, Va.; J.F. Taylor, Inc., Lexington Park, Md.; J5 Systems*, San Diego, Calif.; Jahn Corp.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Janus Research Group, Inc., Appling, Ga.; Jardon and Howard Technologies*, Orlando, Fla.; JBR Resources, LLC*, Carlisle, Pa.; JC3 Global, Inc.*, La Plata, Md.; Joint Research and Development, Inc.*, Stafford, Va.; Juno Technologies*, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; KAEGAN Corp.*, Orlando, Fla.; Kalman and Co., Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.; Kay and Associates, Inc., Buffalo Grove, Ill.; Ki Ho Military Acquisition Consulting, Inc. dba KIHOMAC*, Fairfax, Va.; King Technologies, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Klett Consulting Group*, Virginia Beach, Va.; KMS Solutions, LLC*, Melbourne, Fla.; Knight Networking and Web Design, Inc. dba Knight Networking*, Marlton, N.J.; Knowledge Engineers, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; KOAM Engineering Systems, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services, Inc., San Diego, Calif.; Liberty Business Associates, LLC*, North Charleston, S.C.; LinQuest Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.; Linxx Global Solutions, Inc., dba Linxx Security*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Logistics Management Institute dba LMI, McLean, Va.; Logis-Tech, Inc.*, Manassas, Va.; Logistic Services International, Inc. dba LSI, Jacksonville, Fla.; Logistics Support Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; Long Wave Inc.*, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Loyola Enterprises Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; LTM Inc.*, Havelock, N.C.; M.C. Dean, Inc., Dulles, Va.; M2 Consulting Corp*, San Diego, Calif.; MAC Consulting Services, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; MacAulay-Brown Inc., Dayton, Ohio; Main Sail, LLC*, Cleveland, Ohio; Maintenance Inspection Services, Inc.*, Morganton, N.C.; Management & Engineering Technologies International, Inc. dba METI*, El Paso, Texas; Management Consulting Inc. dba MANCON, Virginia Beach, Va.; MANDEX Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Manufacturing Engineering System, Inc dba MES*, Rockville, Md.; Manufacturing Techniques, Inc. dba M-TEQ, Kilmarnock, Va.; Marine Acoustics*, MIddletown, R.I.; Maritime Applied Physics Corp.*, Baltimore, Md.; MARKON, Inc.*, Falls Church, Va.; Marlin Alliance Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Marshall Communications Corp.*, Ashburn, Va.; MCR Federal LLC, McLean, Va.; Merdan Group, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Metamorphosis Group Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; Metron Inc.*, Reston, Va.; Metson Marine Services, Inc.*, Ventura, Calif.; MI Technical Solutions*, Chesapeake, Va.; MicroTechnologies, LLC dba Microtech, Vienna, Va.; Mid Atlantic Engineering Technical Services, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Mikel*, Fall River, Mass.; MIL Corp., Bowie, Md.; Millennium Corp.*, Arlington, Va.; Milli Micro Systems, Inc. dba Mms Tactical*, Northridge, Calif.; MILVETS Systems Technology*, Orlando, Fla.; Minerva Engineering*, Mesa, Ariz.; Modern Technology Solutions, Inc., Alexandria, Va.; Momentum Inc.*, Camp Hill, Pa.; MPR Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Va.; MTG Services, Inc.*, Lakehurst, N.J.; MTS Technologies*, Arlington, Va.; Mutual Telecom Services Inc. dba Black Box Network Services, Needham, Mass.; MYMIC*, Portsmouth, Va.; KSH Solutions Inc.*, San Antonio, Texas; Nakuuruq Solutions LLC*, Herndon, Va.; Nathan Kunes, Inc.*, Coronado, Calif.; National Sourcing, Inc.*, Tampa, Fla.; Naval Systems, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; NCI Information Systems, Inc., Reston, Va.; Netzer Russell Consulting, LLC*, Ridgecrest, Calif.; Next Wave Systems, LLC*, Pekin, Ind.; Oak Grove Technologies LLC*, Raleigh, N.C.; Object CTalk*, King of Prussia, Pa.; Odyssey Systems Consulting Group LTD., Wakefield, Mass.; Oldenburg Group Inc. dba Oldenburg Lakeshore, Kingsford, MI; Omnitech Solutions, Inc.*, Bethesda, Md.; Opal Soft Inc.*, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Organizational Strategies Inc. dba OSI*, Arlington, Va.; Overlook Systems Technologies, Inc.*, Vienna, Va.; P3I, Inc., Hopkinton, Mass.; PAL Services*, O Fallon, Mo.; Parsons Government Services Inc., Pasadena, Calif.; Patrona Corp. dba Patrona*, Arlington, Va.; PCCI Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; PC Engineering, Inc.*, Panama City, Fla.; Penobscot Bay Media LLC dba Pen Bay Media*, Rockland, Maine; Phacil. Inc., Arlington, Va.; Phoenix Group Of Virginia, Inc. dba PGV*, Chesapeake, Va.; PAL Technologies Inc. dba Pal-Tech*, Arlington, Va.; Potomac-Hudson Engineering Inc.*, Gaithersburg, Md.; Prairie Quest Consulting*, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Precise Systems*, Lexington Park, Md.; Predicate Logic*, San Diego, Calif.; Preferred Systems Solutions, Vienna, Va.; Prism Maritime LLC*, Chesapeake, Va.; Professional Solutions1, LLC dba Professional Solutions, Alexandria, Va.; Professional Systems Associates, Inc.*, Panama City, Fla.; Progeny Systems, Manassas, Va.; Programs Management Analytics & Technologies, Inc. dba PMAT*, Norfolk, Va.; Prometheus Co.*, Lexington Park, Md.; PSI PAX INC.*, California, Md.; Puritan Research Corp.*, Vienna, Va.; Quadelta*, Arlington, Va.; Quantum Professional Services*, San Diego, Calif.; R & D Training and Technical Services, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; R&K Solutions, Inc.*, Roanoke, Va.; Radiance Technologies, Inc., Huntsville, Ala.; Research Analysis and Engineering, LLC*, Arlington, Va.; RAM Laboratories*, San Diego, Calif.; RBC*, Alexandria, Va.; Regis & Associates, PC*, Washington, D.C.; Reliability & Performance Technologies LLC dba RP Technologies*, Dublin, Pa.; Reliable Government Solutions Inc.*, Beltsville, Md.; Renaissance Sciences Corp.*, Chandler, Ariz.; Rentfrow Inc.*, Ventura, Calif.; Research and Engineering Development, LLC, Lexington Park, Md.; RGS Associates, Arlington, Va.; RNB Technologies, Inc., Stafford, Va.; ROH Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; Rohrbach Group, Inc.*, Poway, Calif.; ROI Consulting LLC*, Mullica Hill, N.J.; Rollout Systems, LLC*, California, Md.; S4 Inc.*, Burlington, Mass.; Saalex Corp dba Saalex Solutions*, Camarillo, Calif.; Sabre Systems, Inc., Warrington, Pa.; SAM Inc.*, College Park, Md.; San Diego Community College District dba San Diego City College, San Diego, Calif.; Savvee Consulting, Inc.*, Chantilly, Va.; Sayres and Associates*, Washington, D.C.; SBG Technology Solutions*, Stafford, Va.; Schafer Corp. dba WJ Shafer and Associates, Chelmsford, Mass.; SDS International Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Secure Mission Solutions, LLC. Dba SMS, N. Charleston, S.C.; Sentek Consulting Inc. dba Sentek Global*, San Diego, Calif.; Serrano IT Services*, Omaha, Neb.; ShadowObjects LLC*, Leonardtown, Md.; Sierra Management and Technologies, Inc.*, California, Md.; Silver Bullet Solutions Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; Simulation Systems Technologies, Inc. dba SSTI*, Voohees, N.J.; SITE, LLC dba Systems Intgrtion Tech Evltion*, Arlington, Va.; Smartronix, Inc., Hollywood, Md.; Solution Engineering Associates, Inc. dba SEAI*, Lexington Park, Md.; Sotera Defense Solutions Inc., Herndon, Va.; Sound & Sea Technology, Inc. dba Sound & Sea Technology*, Lynnwood, Wash.; Southwest Research Institute dba SWRI, San Antonio, Texas; Spalding Consulting, Inc.*, Lexington Park, Md.; Spatial Integrated Systems Inc. dba SIS*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Specialty Systems*, Toms River, N.J.; Spectrum Technology Group, Inc.*, Gaithersburg, Md.; SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif.; Standard Calibrations, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Stargates Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; STG Inc., Reston, Va.; STIMULUS Engineering Services, Inc.*, Loogootee, Ind.; Strategic Analysis, Inc., Arlington, Va.; Strategic Data Systems dba SDS*, San Diego, Calif.; Strategic Technology Institute Inc. dba STI*, Rockville, Md.; Stratom Inc.*, Boulder, Colo.; Subsidium, Inc.*, Luray, Va.; Summit Technical Solutions, LLC*, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Sunset Design & Programming Inc. dba Sunset Design*, Oxnard, Calif.; Support Systems Associates, Inc.*, Melbourne, Fla.; Survice Engineering Co., Belcamp, Md.; Symvionics Inc.*, Arcadia, Calif.; Synergy Software Design, LLC*, Washington, D.C.; Systems Documentation, Inc.*, Piscataway, N.J.; Systems Engineering & Management Co. dba SEMCO*, Vista, Calif.; Systems Engineering Support dba SESCO*, San Diego, Calif.; Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc., Alexandria, Va.; Systems Plus, Inc.*, Rockville, Md.; SRA International Inc. dba SRA, Fairfax, Va.; Sysytems Technology Forum, Limited*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Target Media Mid Atlantic Inc. dba Target Systems*, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Technical Software Services, Inc.. dba TECHSOFT*, Pensacola, Fla.; Tech Wizards, Inc.*, Newburg, Md.; Technical and Project Engineering, LLC dba TAPE*, Alexandria, Va.; Technology and Management International, LLC dba TAMI*, Toms River, N.J.; Technology Associates International Corp. dba TAIC, Carlsbad, Calif.; Technology Security Associates Inc.*, California, Md.; Technomics*, Arlington, Va.; Tekla Research Inc.*, Dumfries, Va.; Teleconsultants Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; TELESIS Corp.*, Beltsville, Md.; Tetra Tech EMC, Inc. dba Tetra Tech EMC, Camarillo, Calif.; Thornberry Consulting, LLC*, Mount Airy, Md.; TIE Today, Inc.*, Oviedo, Fla.; Technology Program Services Associates, Inc.*, Whiting, N.J.; Transformation Systems Inc.*, Arlington, Va.; TRANSTECS Corp.*, Wichita, Kan.; Tri-Force Consulting Services Inc.*, Lansdale, Pa.; Triton Services, Inc.*, Annapolis, Md.; Triumph Enterprises, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Trofholz Technologies, Inc.*, Rocklin, Calif.; Truston Technologies, Inc.*, Broussard, La.; T-Solutions, Inc.*, Chesapeake, Va.; Turner Strategic Technologies, LLC*, Norfolk, Va.; TWM Associates, Inc.*, Falls Church, Va.; Unconventional Concepts, Inc.*, Mary Esther, Fla.; Unified Industries Inc.*, Springfield, Va.; Unisys Corp. dba Federal Systems, Reston, Va.; Universal Consulting Services, Inc.*, Fairfax, Va.; Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. dba UTRS, Cherry Hill, N.J.; Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Vaughn Management & Services, Inc.*, Camarillo, Calif.; VectorCSP, LLC*, Elizabeth City, N.C.; Veteran Enterprise Technology Services, LLC dba VETS*, Vienna, Va.; Vision Point Systems, Inc.*, Blacksburg, Va.; Visual Concepts LLC*, Ventura, Calif.; Vox Optima, LLC*, Albuquerque, N.M.; VT AEPCO Inc., Alpharetta, Ga.; W R Systems, Ltd., Fairfax, Va.; Washington Technology Group, Inc.*, Silver Spring, Md.; Web Business Solutions Inc.*, Fredericksburg, Va.; Whitney, Bradley & Brown Inc., Reston, Va.; WGS Systems LLC*, Frederick, Md.; Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Ala.; X-Feds, Inc.*, San Diego, Calif.; Zekiah Technologies, Inc.*, La Plata, Md.; Zimmerman Associates, Inc. dba ZAI, Fairfax, Va.; Accelerated Development & Support Corp. dba ADS*, Arlington, Va.; Applied Computing Technologies, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; Artemis Consulting, LLC*, San Diego, Calif.; BTP Systems, LLC*, Ludlow, Mass.; Caelum Research Corp.*, Rockville, Md.; Cape Henry Associates, Inc.*, Virginia Beach, Va.; Collins Consulting, Inc.*, Schaumburg, Ill.; Craig Technical Consulting, Inc. dba Craig Technologies*, Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Dynamic Analytics and Test, LLC*, Arlington, Va.; GCC Technologies, LLC*, Oakland, Md.; Global Defense, Inc. dba GDI*, Arlington, Va.; J3S, Inc.*, Georgetown, Texas; KPMG LLP, McLean, Va.; Kros-Wise*, San Diego, Calif.; Marine Systems Corp.*, Boston, Mass.; Monroe Defense Industry Consulting, Inc.*, Colonial Beach, Va.; Natural SPI Inc.*, Tucson, Ariz.; Navmar Applied Sciences Corp., Warminster, Pa.; NS Software Services Inc. dba Stiltmart Learning Management Services*, Pensacola, Fla.; 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iO Technologies, Inc.*, Dahlgren, Va.; Electromagnetic Compatibility Management Concepts dba EMC Management Concepts*, Sterling, Va.
BSC Partners LLC,* Binghamton, N.Y., is being awarded a $30,456,711 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract under Topic #03-190 entitled Helicopter Operations Aircrew/Crew Chief Trainer. The objective of this SBIR effort is to design, fabricate, install, and test four MH-60R Naval Aircrew Training Systems and three MH-60S Aircrew Virtual Environment Trainer (AVET) devices and upgrade the original SBIR Phase III delivered AVET S/N 1 to the AVET S/N2 baseline configuration for commonality. This effort also includes training, contractor field services, contractor phone support and spares for all devices. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (45 percent); Binghamton, N.Y. (30 percent); San Diego, Calif. (13 percent); Norfolk, Va. (6 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (3 percent); and Mayport, Fla. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2019. Fiscal 2013 aircraft procurement, Navy contract funds in the amount of $30,456,711 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-5. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity (N61340-14-C-0002).
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., is being awarded an $8,916,209 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price task orders to provide paints, coatings, solvents, preservation products, and engineering/technical services for Military Sealift Command (MSC). PPG Industries Inc., shall provide paint products and services for MSC ships and any other government-owned or government-chartered ships designated by MSC. This contract includes four 12-month option periods, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $44,516,439. Work will be performed worldwide and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2014. If all option periods are exercised, work will continue to September 2018. Working capital contract funds are subject to availability of fiscal 2014 funding, and funds will expire at the end of that fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via solicitation posted to the Military Sealift Command’s procurement website and the Federal Business Opportunities website, with and four offers received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-14-D-8010).
Emprise Corp., Ledyard, Conn., is being awarded an $8,739,750 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders for support services in the areas of maintenance, reliability and system engineering services, and engineering and technical services. This contract will provide support services to Military Sealift Command vessels, as well as other U.S. Navy and government owned vessels worldwide. This contract includes one 12-month option period and two six-month option periods, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $26,719,053. Work will be performed in Ledyard, Conn., and on board vessels located worldwide, and work is expected to be completed Nov. 19, 2014. If all option periods are exercised, work will continue through November 2016. Working capital contract funds in the amount of $100,000 are obligated for fiscal 2014, and will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via solicitation posted to the Military Sealift Command, Navy Electronic Commerce Online and Federal Business Opportunities websites, with more than 170 companies solicited and two offers received. The Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-14-D-8005).
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Co., Simsbury, Conn, is being awarded an $8,650,874 firm-fixed-priced contract for five sizes of low-hazard linear shaped charges. The low-hazard flexible linear shaped charges are used to produce a linear cutting action in various applications where remote, fast and reliable cutting of obstacles and other targets is required. Work will be performed in Nortonville, Ky., and is expected to be completed by November 2018. Fiscal 2013 procurement of ammunition, Air Force contract funds in the amount of $553,500 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with two offers received. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-14-D-JR10).
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
American Regent, Shirley, N.Y., has been awarded a maximum $28,074,324 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for various pharmaceutical products in support of the corporate exigency contract program to provide medical/surgical surge, re-supply, and sustainment material. This contract is a competitive acquisition, and thirty-one offers were received. Location of performance is New York with a Nov. 17, 2014 performance completion date. This contract is a one-year base with seven one-year option periods. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2014 warstopper funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM2D0-14-D-0001).
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded a $300,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for development and production of multiple foreign military sales test vehicles and equipment, mission planning, mission operational flight program, test support, logistics support, sustainment, and non-recurring engineering. Work will be performed at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Troy, Ala., with an expected completion date of Nov. 19, 2018. This contract involves foreign military sales with Finland and Australia. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8682-13-D-0049).
Bering Straits Logistics Services, Anchorage, Alaska has been awarded a $12,274,457 modification (P00012) to previously awarded FA810012C0002 as the 76th Maintenance Wing material support integrator. The contractor shall maintain day-to-day operations to include all labor, supervision, materials, tools, equipment, personnel protective equipment, interim storage, transportation, and incidentals. The contractor shall be responsible for obtaining material and supply agreements with individual vendors to provide all the PPE and materials required for this program. The contractor shall provide program management, strategic analysis for future needs, recommendations to increase efficiencies, improve cost savings, and ensure compliance with applicable laws, directives, and regulatory requirements. Work will be performed at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. with an expected completion date of Dec. 18, 2014. Fiscal 2014 Depot Maintenance Activity Group funds in the amount of $12,274,457 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity.
Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC., Thousand Oaks, Calif., was awarded a $8,409,250 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Knowledge Representation in Neural Systems program. The objective of the program is to develop new theories that explain how conceptual knowledge is represented in the human brain and test those theories by demonstrating the ability to predict and interpret concept-related patterns of neural activity measured non-invasively. Work will be performed at Thousand Oaks, Calif., with an expected completion date of Jan. 16, 2017. Fiscal 2013 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $3,072,169 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and 13 offers were received. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-14-C-7357).
S&K Aerospace LLC, Saint Ignatius, Mont., has been awarded an estimated $7,126,828 modification (P00005) on an existing firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable-no-fee contract (FA8505-12-D-0002) for foreign military sales Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 classified items Third Party Logistics Repair & Return management services. This modification adds 13 months period of performance to the basic contract. Work will be performed at Warner Robins, Ga., and multiple certified sources of repair located throughout the continental United States, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 19, 2014. This contract is 100 percent Foreign Military Sales for Saudi Arabia. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/WWKA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity.
*Small Business
SECRETARY KERRY'S REMARKS TO ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS)
FROM: U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
Remarks on U.S. Policy in the Western Hemisphere
Remarks
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Organization of American States
Washington, DC
November 18, 2013
Mr. Secretary-General, thank you very, very much. Thank you for a wonderful welcome on this absolutely beautiful, luscious, seductive fall day, as pretty as it gets, and one that’s quickly prompting all of us to ask why we’re at work today. I’m privileged to be here. I want to thank the Inter-American Dialogue. Thank you, Michael Shifter, and thank you, Ambassador Deborah-Mae Lovell for the invitation to be here. I want to thank the Organization of American States for inviting me to speak here this morning. And it’s always wonderful to be in this remarkable, beautiful, historic building.
A few minutes ago, we were down below in the atrium and Secretary-General Insulza took me over to see the peace tree that President Taft planted more than 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable tree, and it’s a testimony to the deep roots of the OAS, which is the quintessential multilateral entity of the Americas and has its origins obviously dating back to even before that peace tree was planted. The – I was tempted to tell a story about William Howard Taft who – and a famous introduction that he made – but I’m going to spare you that particular story – (laughter) – but it’s a very funny one, and worth at some point sharing with you. I’m delighted to be in the company of former Trade Representative Carla Hills. Great to be here with you. And I’m particularly proud to be here with our Assistant Secretary Roberta Jacobson, who does such an outstanding job with respect to all of the Western Hemisphere, has come – just come back from China on a dialogue in China regarding the Western Hemisphere and Latin America particularly.
Since I became Secretary of State, I’ve had the privilege of speaking in some beautiful rooms like this in about, what, 30 countries all over the world. But I cannot tell you how nice it is to speak in one where I get to drive for two minutes instead of fly 12 hours. It makes a difference.
The fact is that this is a very important moment for all of the American states. Fifty years ago, President Kennedy spoke about the promise of the Western Hemisphere, and in what would become, sadly, his final address on foreign policy. President Kennedy expressed his hope for a hemisphere of nations, each confident in the strength of its own independence, devoted to the liberty of its citizens. If he could only see where we are today. In the half century since he spoke, more and more countries are coming closer and closer to realizing his vision and all of our hopes.
When people speak of the Western Hemisphere, they often talk about transformations that have taken place, but the truth is one of the biggest transformations has happened right here in the United States of America. In the early days of our republic, the United States made a choice about its relationship with Latin America. President James Monroe, who was also a former Secretary of State, declared that the United States would unilaterally, and as a matter of fact, act as the protector of the region. The doctrine that bears his name asserted our authority to step in and oppose the influence of European powers in Latin America. And throughout our nation’s history, successive presidents have reinforced that doctrine and made a similar choice.
Today, however, we have made a different choice. The era of the Monroe Doctrine is over. (Applause.) The relationship – that’s worth applauding. That’s not a bad thing. (Applause.) The relationship that we seek and that we have worked hard to foster is not about a United States declaration about how and when it will intervene in the affairs of other American states. It’s about all of our countries viewing one another as equals, sharing responsibilities, cooperating on security issues, and adhering not to doctrine, but to the decisions that we make as partners to advance the values and the interests that we share.
As the old proverb says, La union hace la fuerza. The union – in unity, there is strength. Through our shared commitment to democracy, we collectively present a vivid example to the world that diversity is strength, that inclusion works, that justice can reject impunity, and that the rights of individuals must be protected against government overreach and abuse. We also prove that peace is possible. You don’t need force to have fuerza. The vision that we share for our countries is actually within our grasp, but we have to ask ourselves some tough and important questions in order to secure our goal.
First and foremost, will we together promote and protect the democracy, security, and peace that all the people of the Americas deserve? Second, will we seize the chance to advance prosperity throughout the Western Hemisphere and educate the young people who will drive the economies of the future? And third, will we together meet a responsibility that requires more strength, and thus more unity than ever before, and thereby effectively address the threat posed by climate change?
Now, how we answer these questions will determine whether or not we can actually become the hemisphere of nations that President Kennedy envisioned, each country existing side-by-side, confident, strong, and independent and free. The first question is actually answered by the broad protection of democratic values that have become the rule and not the exception within the Western Hemisphere. In a few short decades, democratic representation has, for the most part, displaced the repression of dictators. But the real challenge of the 21st century in the Americas will be how we use our democratic governments to deliver development, overcome poverty, and improve social inclusion.
Last summer, I traveled to Brasilia, and as I was leaving my meeting with the Foreign Minister, I was greeted by a group of protestors. Now, I don’t speak Portuguese – my wife does, I don’t – but I did understand the four-letter words that they yelled because they were in English. (Laughter.) And as jarring as it can be sometimes, that moment was actually the picture of a healthy democracy.
And today, it is our shared democratic values that have enabled us to weather challenges like the understandable concerns around the surveillance disclosures, concerns that prompt us all to figure out how we’re going to get through and build a stronger foundation for the future based on our common democratic values and beliefs.
Successful democracies depend on all citizens having a voice and on respecting those voices, and all governments having the courage and the capacity to listen to those voices. We can be immensely proud, I think, of this hemisphere’s democratic trajectory and of the institutions that we built in order to hold ourselves to the future and to be accountable. That is the difference, and to hold ourselves to the OAS Charter.
And we also express our concern when democratic institutions are weakened, as we’ve seen in Venezuela recently. In March of this year, the United States joined with many of you right here in this very room, as a matter of fact, to affirm the independence and the mandate of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
We have also joined together to support the OAS electoral observation missions throughout the hemisphere, including the one for the election in Honduras next week. All of us here have an opportunity to help assure that this election is transparent, inclusive, peaceful, and fair, and that the process is one that the Honduran people could actually rely on in order to express their will. We – all of us – must do everything that we can to support the OAS efforts to provide assistance and impartially observe the elections. There is no better expression of our strength and unity than following through on that effort.
We also know well that the critical ingredient of a successful democracy is how we provide for our security at home for all of our citizens. Safe streets, safe neighborhoods, safe communities, really do depend on upholding the rule of law.
In June, I went to Guatemala and I met with Attorney General Paz y Paz. She has made extraordinary progress in combating corruption and organized crime, protecting women from violence, and prosecuting human rights violations.
In August, I traveled to Bogota and I saw a remarkable demonstration of Colombia’s sacrifice and progress in the fight against illegal drugs and violence, a fight which has actually made it possible for President Santos’s courageous effort to achieve sustainable and just peace.
I think it is undeniable what our unity of purpose is. Step by step, making our democracies stronger and our people more secure – in Guatemala, in Colombia, and throughout the Americas. And for the most part, I think you’ll agree with me the Western Hemisphere is unified in its commitment to pursuing successful democracies in the way that I describe.
But one exception, of course, remains: Cuba. Since President Obama took office, the Administration has started to search for a new beginning with Cuba. As he said just last week, when it comes to our relationship with Cuba, we have to be creative, we have to be thoughtful, and we have to continue to update our policies.
Our governments are finding some cooperation on common interests at this point in time. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans visit Havana, and hundreds of millions of dollars in trade and remittances flow from the United States to Cuba. We are committed to this human interchange, and in the United States we believe that our people are actually our best ambassadors. They are ambassadors of our ideals, of our values, of our beliefs.
And while we also welcome some of the changes that are taking place in Cuba which allow more Cubans to be able to travel freely and work for themselves, these changes should absolutely not blind us to the authoritarian reality of life for ordinary Cubans. In a hemisphere where citizens everywhere have a right to be able to choose their leaders, Cubans uniquely do not. In a hemisphere where people can criticize their leaders without fear of arrest or violence, Cubans still cannot. And if more does not change soon, it is clear that the 21st century will continue, unfortunately, to leave the Cuban people behind.
We look forward to the day – and we hope it will come soon – when the Cuban Government embraces a broader political reform agenda that will enable its people to freely determine their own future. The entire hemisphere – all of us – share an interest in ensuring that Cubans enjoy the rights protected by our Inter-American Democratic Charter, and we expect to stand united in this aspiration. Because in every country, including the United States, each day that we don’t press forward on behalf of personal freedoms and representative government, we risk sliding backwards. And none of us can accept that.
Even as we celebrate the democratic values that have spread throughout Latin America, we must also acknowledge where those values are being challenged. After all, timely elections matter little if they are not really free and fair with all political parties competing on a level playing field. A separation of powers is of little comfort if independent institutions are not able to hold the powerful to account. And laws that guarantee freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and freedom of religion are of little consequence if they are not enforced. Democracy is not a final destination; it is an endless journey. And every day, all of us must renew our decision to actually move it forward. And we are no less immune to that reality here in the United States than anywhere else; in fact, in recent days, perhaps even more susceptible to it.
We’ve also – all of us – got important decisions to make about how we bring about shared economic prosperity – the prosperity to which we all aspire. To start with, educational opportunity, above all, must be a priority. It is only with widely available, high-quality education that our workforce, the workforce of the hemisphere, will be equipped for the jobs of the future. Education, as we all know, opens up other doors as well. As former Senator J. William Fulbright said: “Having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.” That’s the idea behind the State Department’s Fulbright exchanges. And it is the idea behind President Obama’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative, which is aimed at increasing the flow of exchange students in both directions here in the Western Hemisphere.
But my friends, education, as we know, is only the first step. We must also press even harder to help create jobs and economic opportunity for our young people for the day after graduation comes and goes. Our hemisphere is already, as the Secretary General mentioned in his introductory comments, a thriving market of nearly a billion people. Over the past decade, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean grew at a rate of 4 percent a year. The United States is proud to play a role in this. Just last week, we announced more than $98 million in private financing for 4,000 small- and medium-sized businesses throughout the hemisphere in order to encourage this energy and create it and keep it moving.
And the kind of growth that the region is experiencing fueled by sound economic policies, innovative social programs, and increased international trade and investment – that growth has dramatically improved the lives of all of our citizens. In the past decade alone as trade has grown between the United States and Latin America – nearly tripled – more than 73 million people, as the Secretary General mentioned, have been lifted out of poverty. Think about that. That’s more people than live in Canada and Argentina combined. It’s an extraordinary story, and it’s a story of success. It’s a story of policies that are working but need to be grown, not moved away from. Imagine what is possible if we continue to open up trade and investment in our children’s futures.
When I was a senator, I was very proud and pleased to vote to ratify both the Colombia and the Panama Trade Promotion Agreements, which President Obama signed into law. And we’re already seeing the growth that these agreements made possible. During the first year of the U.S.-Colombia FTA, nearly 800 Colombian companies of all sizes entered the U.S. market for the very first time. These new exporters sold their goods and services in more than 20 different American states. And today, Vice President Biden is traveling to Panama to visit the canal expansion project that will continue to spark increased trade throughout the region.
Under President Obama’s leadership, we’ve also helped expand the region’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, taking it beyond Chile and Peru to include Canada and Mexico. And we have redoubled our commitment to NAFTA, the greatest single step toward shared prosperity in this hemisphere, which I am pleased to say also I voted for at a time when I think people remember it was very contentious and very difficult. But all of us know – can’t rest on those agreements alone. That’s not enough. We know we can do more. And if we do more, the Western Hemisphere will continue to be a leader in the global markets for decades to come.
One of the opportunities that is staring at us that I just mentioned a moment ago about these many opportunities – one of those opportunities is a $6 trillion market and has 4 billion users. I’m talking about the new energy market – biggest market in human history. The market that created such extraordinary wealth in the 1990s where in America, in the United States, every single quintile of American income earner, from the bottom right through to the top – everybody saw their incomes go up. And we all know it was a time when we balanced the budget three years in a row. It was a time of extraordinary growth.
The market that drove that growth was a $1 trillion market with 1 billion users – the high-tech computer, home computer model. That was the market – technology. The energy market is six times that market. And the 4 billion users today will grow to 6 billion, ultimately 9 billion between now and 2050. It will help us to answer the third and final question that I mentioned – whether or not we will leave to our children and grandchildren a planet that is healthy, clean, and sustainable. Actually, this is not so much a question as it really is a compelling challenge, the challenge of a generation, maybe even the challenge of a century, maybe even the challenge of life itself on the planet if you digest adequately all that science is telling us today.
More than two decades ago, I visited Brazil as part of the U.S. delegation to the Rio Summit. This was the first time that the global community came together united to try to address climate change. It was also the trip where I got to know an amazing Portuguese-speaking woman named Teresa, who three years later would become my wife. So I like Rio. It’s a good place. (Laughter.)
But Teresa and I still talk about a young 12-year-old girl from Vancouver named Severn Suzuki, who took the stage at that summit in order to, as she put it, quote, “fight for her future.” Twenty-one years later, I still remember what she said about climate change, as follows: “I’m only a child,” she told us, “yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal.” Severn understood something that a lot of folks today need to grasp, something still missing from our political debate, like the saying goes that I said a moment ago, La union hace la fuerza – we need that more than ever now with respect to this challenge of climate change. Decades later, we have a lot to learn from that young woman.
The Americas have become the new center of our global energy map. Our hemisphere supplies now one-fourth of the world’s crude oil and nearly one-fourth of its coal. We support over a third of global electricity. And what that means is that we have the ability and the great responsibility to influence the way that the entire world is powered. To do this, it will require each of our nations to make some very fundamental policy choices. We need to embrace the energy future over the energy of the past.
And I am well aware – I’ve been through these battles in the United States Senate – I know how tough it is. I know how many different industries and how many powerful interests there are to push back. But we, people, all of us have a responsibility to push back against them. Climate change is real. It is happening. And if we don’t take significant action as partners, it will continue to threaten not only our environment and our communities, but as our friends from the Caribbean and other island nations know, it will threaten potentially our entire way of life, certainly theirs.
The challenge of climate change will cost us far more for its negative impact than the investment that we need to make today in order to meet the challenge. Every economic model shows that, and yet we shy away. Our economies have yet to factor in the monetary costs of doing nothing or doing too little. The devastating effects that droughts can have on farmers’ harvests; the hefty price tag that comes with rebuilding communities after every catastrophe, after every hurricane or tropical storm tears through them and leaves a trail of destruction in their wake; the extraordinary cost of fires that didn’t burn as ferociously and as frequently as they do today because of the increased dryness; the increasing signs of loss of water for the Himalayas as the glaciers shrink; and therefore, as the great rivers of China and other countries on one side and India on the other are threatened as billions of people see their food and food security affected.
These are real challenges, and they’re not somewhere in the future. We’re already seeing them now. For all of these reasons, combating climate change is an urgent priority for President Obama and myself, and we know that we are one of the largest contributors to the problem. There are about 20 nations that contribute over 90 percent of the problem. That’s why President Obama unveiled a new Climate Action Plan to drive more aggressive domestic policy on climate change than ever before. And the good news is the agenda that he’s put together is one specifically designed to be able to be done by administrative order so you don’t have to wait for Congress to act.
Many other nations in the Western Hemisphere are also working hard to do their part as well. And I’m proud to say that as part of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, the United States has collaborated with more than two dozen countries, Latin America, and the Caribbean in order to support effective programs to address the reality of this grave threat. But if we take advantage, my friends, this is not a threat where there is not a solution. We have a solution, a number of them staring us in the face. We just don’t make the political decision because of these forces that push back.
We know what the alternatives are. We know the advantage of the enormous breakthroughs that are happening in clean energy. And if we share expertise and deploy new technologies throughout the region, if we connect the electrical grids throughout the Americas, then we can share and sell power to each other at different points of time in different ways with a more vibrant marketplace. If we harness the power of the wind in Mexico and the biomass in Brazil, the sunshine in Chile and Peru, the natural gas in the United States and Argentina, then the enormous benefits for local economies, public health, and of course climate change mitigation could reach every corner of the Americas and beyond.
This is what a new inter-American partnership is really all about. The Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho, one of the most widely read authors in the world, wrote “When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.” So the question for all of us is: Will we have the courage to make the tough choices and the willingness to change? Fifty years from today, on the hundredth anniversary of President Kennedy’s call to the region, will the hemisphere of nations that he dreamed about become a reality?
Many years ago, the United States dictated a policy that defined the hemisphere for many years after. We’ve moved past that era. And today, we must go even further. All of the things that we’ve talked about today – the future of our democracies, the strength of our democracies, the development of those democracies, the inclusion of all of our people in a system with accountability and without impunity for the defections, our shared prosperity and all that brings us, the education of our children, the future of our planet, our response to climate change – all of these things do not depend on the next administration or the next generation. They depend on us now.
And the question is: will we work as equal partners in order to achieve our goals? It will require courage and a willingness to change. But above all, it will require a higher and deeper level of cooperation between us, all of us together, as equal partners in this hemisphere. That is the way we will make the difference, and that is the way we will live up to our responsibility.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
Remarks on U.S. Policy in the Western Hemisphere
Remarks
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Organization of American States
Washington, DC
November 18, 2013
Mr. Secretary-General, thank you very, very much. Thank you for a wonderful welcome on this absolutely beautiful, luscious, seductive fall day, as pretty as it gets, and one that’s quickly prompting all of us to ask why we’re at work today. I’m privileged to be here. I want to thank the Inter-American Dialogue. Thank you, Michael Shifter, and thank you, Ambassador Deborah-Mae Lovell for the invitation to be here. I want to thank the Organization of American States for inviting me to speak here this morning. And it’s always wonderful to be in this remarkable, beautiful, historic building.
A few minutes ago, we were down below in the atrium and Secretary-General Insulza took me over to see the peace tree that President Taft planted more than 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable tree, and it’s a testimony to the deep roots of the OAS, which is the quintessential multilateral entity of the Americas and has its origins obviously dating back to even before that peace tree was planted. The – I was tempted to tell a story about William Howard Taft who – and a famous introduction that he made – but I’m going to spare you that particular story – (laughter) – but it’s a very funny one, and worth at some point sharing with you. I’m delighted to be in the company of former Trade Representative Carla Hills. Great to be here with you. And I’m particularly proud to be here with our Assistant Secretary Roberta Jacobson, who does such an outstanding job with respect to all of the Western Hemisphere, has come – just come back from China on a dialogue in China regarding the Western Hemisphere and Latin America particularly.
Since I became Secretary of State, I’ve had the privilege of speaking in some beautiful rooms like this in about, what, 30 countries all over the world. But I cannot tell you how nice it is to speak in one where I get to drive for two minutes instead of fly 12 hours. It makes a difference.
The fact is that this is a very important moment for all of the American states. Fifty years ago, President Kennedy spoke about the promise of the Western Hemisphere, and in what would become, sadly, his final address on foreign policy. President Kennedy expressed his hope for a hemisphere of nations, each confident in the strength of its own independence, devoted to the liberty of its citizens. If he could only see where we are today. In the half century since he spoke, more and more countries are coming closer and closer to realizing his vision and all of our hopes.
When people speak of the Western Hemisphere, they often talk about transformations that have taken place, but the truth is one of the biggest transformations has happened right here in the United States of America. In the early days of our republic, the United States made a choice about its relationship with Latin America. President James Monroe, who was also a former Secretary of State, declared that the United States would unilaterally, and as a matter of fact, act as the protector of the region. The doctrine that bears his name asserted our authority to step in and oppose the influence of European powers in Latin America. And throughout our nation’s history, successive presidents have reinforced that doctrine and made a similar choice.
Today, however, we have made a different choice. The era of the Monroe Doctrine is over. (Applause.) The relationship – that’s worth applauding. That’s not a bad thing. (Applause.) The relationship that we seek and that we have worked hard to foster is not about a United States declaration about how and when it will intervene in the affairs of other American states. It’s about all of our countries viewing one another as equals, sharing responsibilities, cooperating on security issues, and adhering not to doctrine, but to the decisions that we make as partners to advance the values and the interests that we share.
As the old proverb says, La union hace la fuerza. The union – in unity, there is strength. Through our shared commitment to democracy, we collectively present a vivid example to the world that diversity is strength, that inclusion works, that justice can reject impunity, and that the rights of individuals must be protected against government overreach and abuse. We also prove that peace is possible. You don’t need force to have fuerza. The vision that we share for our countries is actually within our grasp, but we have to ask ourselves some tough and important questions in order to secure our goal.
First and foremost, will we together promote and protect the democracy, security, and peace that all the people of the Americas deserve? Second, will we seize the chance to advance prosperity throughout the Western Hemisphere and educate the young people who will drive the economies of the future? And third, will we together meet a responsibility that requires more strength, and thus more unity than ever before, and thereby effectively address the threat posed by climate change?
Now, how we answer these questions will determine whether or not we can actually become the hemisphere of nations that President Kennedy envisioned, each country existing side-by-side, confident, strong, and independent and free. The first question is actually answered by the broad protection of democratic values that have become the rule and not the exception within the Western Hemisphere. In a few short decades, democratic representation has, for the most part, displaced the repression of dictators. But the real challenge of the 21st century in the Americas will be how we use our democratic governments to deliver development, overcome poverty, and improve social inclusion.
Last summer, I traveled to Brasilia, and as I was leaving my meeting with the Foreign Minister, I was greeted by a group of protestors. Now, I don’t speak Portuguese – my wife does, I don’t – but I did understand the four-letter words that they yelled because they were in English. (Laughter.) And as jarring as it can be sometimes, that moment was actually the picture of a healthy democracy.
And today, it is our shared democratic values that have enabled us to weather challenges like the understandable concerns around the surveillance disclosures, concerns that prompt us all to figure out how we’re going to get through and build a stronger foundation for the future based on our common democratic values and beliefs.
Successful democracies depend on all citizens having a voice and on respecting those voices, and all governments having the courage and the capacity to listen to those voices. We can be immensely proud, I think, of this hemisphere’s democratic trajectory and of the institutions that we built in order to hold ourselves to the future and to be accountable. That is the difference, and to hold ourselves to the OAS Charter.
And we also express our concern when democratic institutions are weakened, as we’ve seen in Venezuela recently. In March of this year, the United States joined with many of you right here in this very room, as a matter of fact, to affirm the independence and the mandate of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
We have also joined together to support the OAS electoral observation missions throughout the hemisphere, including the one for the election in Honduras next week. All of us here have an opportunity to help assure that this election is transparent, inclusive, peaceful, and fair, and that the process is one that the Honduran people could actually rely on in order to express their will. We – all of us – must do everything that we can to support the OAS efforts to provide assistance and impartially observe the elections. There is no better expression of our strength and unity than following through on that effort.
We also know well that the critical ingredient of a successful democracy is how we provide for our security at home for all of our citizens. Safe streets, safe neighborhoods, safe communities, really do depend on upholding the rule of law.
In June, I went to Guatemala and I met with Attorney General Paz y Paz. She has made extraordinary progress in combating corruption and organized crime, protecting women from violence, and prosecuting human rights violations.
In August, I traveled to Bogota and I saw a remarkable demonstration of Colombia’s sacrifice and progress in the fight against illegal drugs and violence, a fight which has actually made it possible for President Santos’s courageous effort to achieve sustainable and just peace.
I think it is undeniable what our unity of purpose is. Step by step, making our democracies stronger and our people more secure – in Guatemala, in Colombia, and throughout the Americas. And for the most part, I think you’ll agree with me the Western Hemisphere is unified in its commitment to pursuing successful democracies in the way that I describe.
But one exception, of course, remains: Cuba. Since President Obama took office, the Administration has started to search for a new beginning with Cuba. As he said just last week, when it comes to our relationship with Cuba, we have to be creative, we have to be thoughtful, and we have to continue to update our policies.
Our governments are finding some cooperation on common interests at this point in time. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans visit Havana, and hundreds of millions of dollars in trade and remittances flow from the United States to Cuba. We are committed to this human interchange, and in the United States we believe that our people are actually our best ambassadors. They are ambassadors of our ideals, of our values, of our beliefs.
And while we also welcome some of the changes that are taking place in Cuba which allow more Cubans to be able to travel freely and work for themselves, these changes should absolutely not blind us to the authoritarian reality of life for ordinary Cubans. In a hemisphere where citizens everywhere have a right to be able to choose their leaders, Cubans uniquely do not. In a hemisphere where people can criticize their leaders without fear of arrest or violence, Cubans still cannot. And if more does not change soon, it is clear that the 21st century will continue, unfortunately, to leave the Cuban people behind.
We look forward to the day – and we hope it will come soon – when the Cuban Government embraces a broader political reform agenda that will enable its people to freely determine their own future. The entire hemisphere – all of us – share an interest in ensuring that Cubans enjoy the rights protected by our Inter-American Democratic Charter, and we expect to stand united in this aspiration. Because in every country, including the United States, each day that we don’t press forward on behalf of personal freedoms and representative government, we risk sliding backwards. And none of us can accept that.
Even as we celebrate the democratic values that have spread throughout Latin America, we must also acknowledge where those values are being challenged. After all, timely elections matter little if they are not really free and fair with all political parties competing on a level playing field. A separation of powers is of little comfort if independent institutions are not able to hold the powerful to account. And laws that guarantee freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and freedom of religion are of little consequence if they are not enforced. Democracy is not a final destination; it is an endless journey. And every day, all of us must renew our decision to actually move it forward. And we are no less immune to that reality here in the United States than anywhere else; in fact, in recent days, perhaps even more susceptible to it.
We’ve also – all of us – got important decisions to make about how we bring about shared economic prosperity – the prosperity to which we all aspire. To start with, educational opportunity, above all, must be a priority. It is only with widely available, high-quality education that our workforce, the workforce of the hemisphere, will be equipped for the jobs of the future. Education, as we all know, opens up other doors as well. As former Senator J. William Fulbright said: “Having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.” That’s the idea behind the State Department’s Fulbright exchanges. And it is the idea behind President Obama’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative, which is aimed at increasing the flow of exchange students in both directions here in the Western Hemisphere.
But my friends, education, as we know, is only the first step. We must also press even harder to help create jobs and economic opportunity for our young people for the day after graduation comes and goes. Our hemisphere is already, as the Secretary General mentioned in his introductory comments, a thriving market of nearly a billion people. Over the past decade, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean grew at a rate of 4 percent a year. The United States is proud to play a role in this. Just last week, we announced more than $98 million in private financing for 4,000 small- and medium-sized businesses throughout the hemisphere in order to encourage this energy and create it and keep it moving.
And the kind of growth that the region is experiencing fueled by sound economic policies, innovative social programs, and increased international trade and investment – that growth has dramatically improved the lives of all of our citizens. In the past decade alone as trade has grown between the United States and Latin America – nearly tripled – more than 73 million people, as the Secretary General mentioned, have been lifted out of poverty. Think about that. That’s more people than live in Canada and Argentina combined. It’s an extraordinary story, and it’s a story of success. It’s a story of policies that are working but need to be grown, not moved away from. Imagine what is possible if we continue to open up trade and investment in our children’s futures.
When I was a senator, I was very proud and pleased to vote to ratify both the Colombia and the Panama Trade Promotion Agreements, which President Obama signed into law. And we’re already seeing the growth that these agreements made possible. During the first year of the U.S.-Colombia FTA, nearly 800 Colombian companies of all sizes entered the U.S. market for the very first time. These new exporters sold their goods and services in more than 20 different American states. And today, Vice President Biden is traveling to Panama to visit the canal expansion project that will continue to spark increased trade throughout the region.
Under President Obama’s leadership, we’ve also helped expand the region’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, taking it beyond Chile and Peru to include Canada and Mexico. And we have redoubled our commitment to NAFTA, the greatest single step toward shared prosperity in this hemisphere, which I am pleased to say also I voted for at a time when I think people remember it was very contentious and very difficult. But all of us know – can’t rest on those agreements alone. That’s not enough. We know we can do more. And if we do more, the Western Hemisphere will continue to be a leader in the global markets for decades to come.
One of the opportunities that is staring at us that I just mentioned a moment ago about these many opportunities – one of those opportunities is a $6 trillion market and has 4 billion users. I’m talking about the new energy market – biggest market in human history. The market that created such extraordinary wealth in the 1990s where in America, in the United States, every single quintile of American income earner, from the bottom right through to the top – everybody saw their incomes go up. And we all know it was a time when we balanced the budget three years in a row. It was a time of extraordinary growth.
The market that drove that growth was a $1 trillion market with 1 billion users – the high-tech computer, home computer model. That was the market – technology. The energy market is six times that market. And the 4 billion users today will grow to 6 billion, ultimately 9 billion between now and 2050. It will help us to answer the third and final question that I mentioned – whether or not we will leave to our children and grandchildren a planet that is healthy, clean, and sustainable. Actually, this is not so much a question as it really is a compelling challenge, the challenge of a generation, maybe even the challenge of a century, maybe even the challenge of life itself on the planet if you digest adequately all that science is telling us today.
More than two decades ago, I visited Brazil as part of the U.S. delegation to the Rio Summit. This was the first time that the global community came together united to try to address climate change. It was also the trip where I got to know an amazing Portuguese-speaking woman named Teresa, who three years later would become my wife. So I like Rio. It’s a good place. (Laughter.)
But Teresa and I still talk about a young 12-year-old girl from Vancouver named Severn Suzuki, who took the stage at that summit in order to, as she put it, quote, “fight for her future.” Twenty-one years later, I still remember what she said about climate change, as follows: “I’m only a child,” she told us, “yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal.” Severn understood something that a lot of folks today need to grasp, something still missing from our political debate, like the saying goes that I said a moment ago, La union hace la fuerza – we need that more than ever now with respect to this challenge of climate change. Decades later, we have a lot to learn from that young woman.
The Americas have become the new center of our global energy map. Our hemisphere supplies now one-fourth of the world’s crude oil and nearly one-fourth of its coal. We support over a third of global electricity. And what that means is that we have the ability and the great responsibility to influence the way that the entire world is powered. To do this, it will require each of our nations to make some very fundamental policy choices. We need to embrace the energy future over the energy of the past.
And I am well aware – I’ve been through these battles in the United States Senate – I know how tough it is. I know how many different industries and how many powerful interests there are to push back. But we, people, all of us have a responsibility to push back against them. Climate change is real. It is happening. And if we don’t take significant action as partners, it will continue to threaten not only our environment and our communities, but as our friends from the Caribbean and other island nations know, it will threaten potentially our entire way of life, certainly theirs.
The challenge of climate change will cost us far more for its negative impact than the investment that we need to make today in order to meet the challenge. Every economic model shows that, and yet we shy away. Our economies have yet to factor in the monetary costs of doing nothing or doing too little. The devastating effects that droughts can have on farmers’ harvests; the hefty price tag that comes with rebuilding communities after every catastrophe, after every hurricane or tropical storm tears through them and leaves a trail of destruction in their wake; the extraordinary cost of fires that didn’t burn as ferociously and as frequently as they do today because of the increased dryness; the increasing signs of loss of water for the Himalayas as the glaciers shrink; and therefore, as the great rivers of China and other countries on one side and India on the other are threatened as billions of people see their food and food security affected.
These are real challenges, and they’re not somewhere in the future. We’re already seeing them now. For all of these reasons, combating climate change is an urgent priority for President Obama and myself, and we know that we are one of the largest contributors to the problem. There are about 20 nations that contribute over 90 percent of the problem. That’s why President Obama unveiled a new Climate Action Plan to drive more aggressive domestic policy on climate change than ever before. And the good news is the agenda that he’s put together is one specifically designed to be able to be done by administrative order so you don’t have to wait for Congress to act.
Many other nations in the Western Hemisphere are also working hard to do their part as well. And I’m proud to say that as part of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, the United States has collaborated with more than two dozen countries, Latin America, and the Caribbean in order to support effective programs to address the reality of this grave threat. But if we take advantage, my friends, this is not a threat where there is not a solution. We have a solution, a number of them staring us in the face. We just don’t make the political decision because of these forces that push back.
We know what the alternatives are. We know the advantage of the enormous breakthroughs that are happening in clean energy. And if we share expertise and deploy new technologies throughout the region, if we connect the electrical grids throughout the Americas, then we can share and sell power to each other at different points of time in different ways with a more vibrant marketplace. If we harness the power of the wind in Mexico and the biomass in Brazil, the sunshine in Chile and Peru, the natural gas in the United States and Argentina, then the enormous benefits for local economies, public health, and of course climate change mitigation could reach every corner of the Americas and beyond.
This is what a new inter-American partnership is really all about. The Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho, one of the most widely read authors in the world, wrote “When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.” So the question for all of us is: Will we have the courage to make the tough choices and the willingness to change? Fifty years from today, on the hundredth anniversary of President Kennedy’s call to the region, will the hemisphere of nations that he dreamed about become a reality?
Many years ago, the United States dictated a policy that defined the hemisphere for many years after. We’ve moved past that era. And today, we must go even further. All of the things that we’ve talked about today – the future of our democracies, the strength of our democracies, the development of those democracies, the inclusion of all of our people in a system with accountability and without impunity for the defections, our shared prosperity and all that brings us, the education of our children, the future of our planet, our response to climate change – all of these things do not depend on the next administration or the next generation. They depend on us now.
And the question is: will we work as equal partners in order to achieve our goals? It will require courage and a willingness to change. But above all, it will require a higher and deeper level of cooperation between us, all of us together, as equal partners in this hemisphere. That is the way we will make the difference, and that is the way we will live up to our responsibility.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STATEMENT REGARDING NOMINEES TO THE FEDERAL BENCH
FROM: THE WHITE HOUSE
Statement by the President
I am deeply disappointed that Senate Republicans have once again refused to do their job and give well-qualified nominees to the federal bench the yes-or-no votes they deserve. The D.C. Circuit, considered the Nation’s second-highest court, has three vacancies. These are judgeships created by Congress. Chief Justice John Roberts and the Judicial Conference of the United States believe that these vacancies should be filled, not removed. And my constitutional duty as President is to nominate highly qualified individuals to fill these vacancies.
Patricia Millett, Nina Pillard, and Judge Robert Wilkins have all received the highest possible rating from the non-partisan American Bar Association. They have broad bipartisan support, and no one has questioned their merit. Yet Senate Republicans have blocked all three from receiving a yes-or-no vote. This obstruction is completely unprecedented. Four of my predecessor’s six nominees to the D.C. Circuit were confirmed. Four of my five nominees to this court have been obstructed. When it comes to judicial nominations, I am fulfilling my constitutional responsibility, but Congress is not. Instead, Senate Republicans are standing in the way of a fully-functioning judiciary that serves the American people.
The American people and our judicial system deserve better. A majority of the United States Senate supports these three extraordinary nominees, and it is time for simple yes-or-no votes without further obstruction or delay.
Statement by the President
I am deeply disappointed that Senate Republicans have once again refused to do their job and give well-qualified nominees to the federal bench the yes-or-no votes they deserve. The D.C. Circuit, considered the Nation’s second-highest court, has three vacancies. These are judgeships created by Congress. Chief Justice John Roberts and the Judicial Conference of the United States believe that these vacancies should be filled, not removed. And my constitutional duty as President is to nominate highly qualified individuals to fill these vacancies.
Patricia Millett, Nina Pillard, and Judge Robert Wilkins have all received the highest possible rating from the non-partisan American Bar Association. They have broad bipartisan support, and no one has questioned their merit. Yet Senate Republicans have blocked all three from receiving a yes-or-no vote. This obstruction is completely unprecedented. Four of my predecessor’s six nominees to the D.C. Circuit were confirmed. Four of my five nominees to this court have been obstructed. When it comes to judicial nominations, I am fulfilling my constitutional responsibility, but Congress is not. Instead, Senate Republicans are standing in the way of a fully-functioning judiciary that serves the American people.
The American people and our judicial system deserve better. A majority of the United States Senate supports these three extraordinary nominees, and it is time for simple yes-or-no votes without further obstruction or delay.
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