General Physics Corporation awarded $15.113M by Department of Homeland Security.Business Editors ELKRIDGE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2004 General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GPX GPX - Early system on UNIVAC II. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). ), has been awarded $15.113 million in additional funding, to continue supporting the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) ) National Domestic Preparedness Program. The period of performance is February 1, 2004 through January 2005. GP provides Weapons of Mass Destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or defensive equipment technical assistance to first responders. This award marks the beginning of GP's fifth year providing support to the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP ODP - Open Distributed Processing ) in support of our nation's first responders. During 2004, GP expects to field up to 19 highly specialized mobile technical training teams to jurisdictions throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and its territories. GP's teams provide customized programs of instruction to fire, law enforcement, emergency management and others within the first responder community. In support of this effort, GP operates the Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical Assistance Program (DPETAP DPETAP Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical Assistance Program ), the training portion of the joint DHS/DOE Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse Program (HDER) and the Quality Assurance Inspection component of the ODP Prepositioned Equipment Program (PEP). About GP GP is the principal operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX). GP is a global provider of training, e-Learning solutions, management consulting and engineering services, improving the effectiveness of organizations by customizing solutions to meet the specific needs of clients. Clients include Fortune 500 companies, manufacturing, process and energy industries, and other commercial and government customers. Additional information about GP may be found at www.gpworldwide.com. The forward-looking statements contained herein reflect GP Strategies' management's current views with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of GP Strategies, including, but not limited to the risks and uncertainties detailed in GP Strategies' periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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