Consultants take on terrorists

A trio of consultants led by Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC won a $30 million contract to develop an integrated terrorist screening system.

Joining Thomas & Herbert of Silver Spring, Md., are BearingPoint Inc. of McLean, Va., and SRA International Inc. of Fairfax, Va. The contract is a one-year blanket purchase agreement with four one-year options.

The contract is to help the Homeland Security Department consolidate screening activities, now handled in a number of separate databases by separate agencies.