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WidePoint awarded $4.4 million USCIS task order for wireless managed services

WidePoint, a provider of technology-based management solutions, has received a task order option year award from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for $4.4 million.

The company will deliver cellular wireless managed services to USCIS through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cellular Wireless Management Services (CWMS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).

[Image courtesy: Department of Homeland Security]

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