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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 18th, 2014

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The Transportation Security Administration says that John Sanders, the assistant administrator for the Office of Security Capabilities, is stepping down. Jill Vaughan, who was deputy Chief Information Officer at TSA and the agency’s assistant administrator for thee Office of Information Technology, has succeeded Sanders. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is investing $91.7 million in a border security program it calls the Border Integrity Technology Enhancement Project to increases its “intelligence-led policing efforts” along parts of its southern border. The RCMP…

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