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By early afternoon, the move sent the consulting firm's stock down more than 11%. The department has 31 different contracts with the firm, worth $4.8 million in yearly spending and $21 million in obligations, it said in a press release. The press release noted that Charles Edward Littlejohn, a former employee at the consulting firm, leaked the tax returns of thousands of taxpayers. The leak affected roughly 406,000 people, according to the IRS.
The Pentagon abruptly canceled a draft solicitation to compete its Advana platform, the enterprise data and analytics system run by the department's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office.
"Under normal circumstances and as our history shows, the dynamism of our business typically allows us to move our highly skilled talent quickly to new opportunities. But at a time when procurements are moving much slower than normal, this has been challenging."
