A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Science Applications International Corporation who is accused of charging inflated prices under grants to train first responder personnel to prevent and respond to terrorism attacks.
The whistleblower's share of the recovery has not been determined.
The case, filed in February 2012, alleged that SAIC’s cost proposals falsely represented that SAIC would use far more expensive personnel to carry out its efforts than it intended to use and actually did use, resulting in inflated charges to the United States.
Between 2002 and 2012, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) received six federal grants from the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to train first responder personnel to prevent and respond to terrorism events involving explosive devices. New Mexico Tech awarded subgrants to SAIC to provide course management, development, and instruction.
