# Skip-Tracing Contracts **Entity class:** Legal instrument or procurement arrangement **Domain:** Defense Marketplace ## Definition Contracts specify locating subjects and documenting relevant residences or workplaces. The article discusses case volumes, time targets, and bonus conditions as procurement terms for human location intelligence. ## Operational role Defense builders, technical executives, specialist firms, researchers, and public officers occupy different rungs of the market. Products and demonstrated engineering can become programs, contracts, or reserve-service contributions. Bryant frames those routes as ways for capable Americans to supply national strength through building and disciplined participation. **Architecture connections:** [[wiki/Anduril|Anduril]] · [[wiki/Project Maven|Project Maven]] · [[wiki/Commercial Technology and Intelligence|Commercial Technology and Intelligence]]. ## Relationships - **article-linked mechanism or framework:** [[wiki/Location Verification|Location Verification]]. - **article-linked institution or supplier:** [[wiki/Fraud Inc|Fraud Inc]]. - **article-linked institution or supplier:** [[wiki/GEO Group|GEO Group]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **counterterrorism architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **source article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft#XIV. The Board Already Exists|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft — XIV. The Board Already Exists]] — October 2026 revision; immediate source for this entry’s place in the marketplace. - [American Immigration Council, ICE's Private Bounty Hunters Use AI to Track Immigrants (2026).](https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-bounty-hunters-use-ai-track-immigrants/) - [Scripps News, Small Companies Score Big Contracts to Search for Undocumented Immigrants (2026).](https://www.wcpo.com/investigations/ice-inc/small-companies-score-big-contracts-to-search-for-undocumented-immigrants) ## Dated attributes in the source article **Article’s award account:** thirteen firms; awards up to USD 1.2 billion over two years; up to 50,000 cases per firm per month; verification bonuses for seven- or fourteen-day delivery. ## Connected marketplace roles The source article connects this entry with [[wiki/Human Verification Layer|Human Verification Layer]], [[wiki/Small Contractors in Intelligence Procurement|Small Contractors in Intelligence Procurement]], [[wiki/Fraud Inc|Fraud Inc]], [[wiki/Time-Stamped Location Photography|Time-Stamped Location Photography]], [[wiki/Location Verification|Location Verification]], [[wiki/Location Verification Bonus|Location Verification Bonus]], [[wiki/GEO Group|GEO Group]], [[wiki/Skip Tracing|Skip Tracing]]. These routes locate the associated people, implementations, methods, and operational contexts in [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. **Collections:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].