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Border spending bill cuts $100 million from SBInet
Tactical communications along the southwest border gained a funding boost with President Obama's August 13 signing of a $600 million supplemental spending border security bill--a boost paid for in... Read more...
SBInet program office doesn't effectively manage risk
The Homeland Security Department chief information officer was unable to certify that the SBInet program office effectively manages risk, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The... Read more...
IG report finds lax oversight of SBInet
Cost overruns in the persistently plagued SBInet program are partially due to inadequate oversight by Customs and Border Protection, according to a report recently issued by the Hoemland Security... Read more...
Napolitano: US-EU data sharing is critical
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano decried July 8 what she said are "unrealistic" European Union conditions for greater data sharing with the United States. In a discussion with Vice... Read more...
SBInet 'not practicable', says CBP commissioner Bersin
SBInet, the Homeland Security Department's effort to create a high-tech border perimeter, is "not practicable" in the near term, said Alan Bersin, Customs and Border Protection commissioner,... Read more...
DHS may have cooked SBInet testing
The SBInet system program office may have altered testing parameters to guarantee that key technology would pass quality tests, according to a Government Accountability Office report released March... Read more...
SBInet edges closer to cancellation
Another attempt by the government to create a high-tech border perimeter is faltering, especially after Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's Tuesday announcement that she will freeze... Read more...
DHS to share aviation info with Israel
In a new partnership, the Department of Homeland Security and Israel signed an agreement this week to work together to share information more quickly about civil aviation incidents. "The real-time... Read more...
DHS wants a better info-sharing plan
It looks like DHS secretary Janet Napolitano is running a 24/7 shop. In her latest announcement, she and Attorney General Eric Holder released a report by the Presidential Interagency Task Force on... Read more...
Scramble to keep breached TSA documents offline
The headaches continue for the Transportation Security Administration over the breach of a sensitive airport screening manual that was published on the Internet by a government worker. Three... Read more...
