536 Tampa jobs cut after IT company loses $2.8B contract at MacDill

Dallas-based Jacobs Technology believes the laid-off employees at MacDill Air Force Base may get to keep their jobs with the suburban Washington, D.C., firm that won the contract.

More than 500 jobs will be cut at MacDill Air Force Base after SITEC contract handed to another compny.
More than 500 jobs will be cut at MacDill Air Force Base after SITEC contract handed to another compny.
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A Texas technology company with operations at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa is laying off 536 employees after losing a $2.8 billion IT and networks services contract with U.S. Special Operation Command.

 

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