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CBP Says IFT Acquisition Savings Huge; GAO Warns Best Practices Lacking

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014

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CBP Says IFT Acquisition Savings Huge; GAO Warns Best Practices Lacking

Remote Video Surveillance Systems used by CBP to track illegal border crossers. Photo: CBP

The recent contract to an Israeli company for off-the-shelf surveillance technology to be deployed in certain areas of Arizona’s border with Mexico is expected to save 75 percent off the originally expected program costs, although the “jury is still out” on the ultimate savings, the head of border security technology acquisitions for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told a House panel on Wednesday. Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner for CBP’s Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition, said he attributes the unexpected…

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