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Homeland Security

DHS Postpones Certification of ASPs; Basham Says CSDs Still Not Ready

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has postponed a decision on certifying the cost benefits of new radiation detection portal monitors based on the concerns of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency that would be the primary user of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portals (ASPs). CBP doesn't have any concerns with the next-generation ASPs but believes more time is needed for the technology to mature, Jayson Ahearn, deputy commissioner of CBP, says at the agency's annual trade symposium. "I don't think…

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