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CBP’s New Arizona Border Technology Plan at Risk, GAO Warns

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) lacks key information in following acquisition guidance issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that jeopardizes the execution of a new surveillance technology plan to better secure the nation’s border in Arizona, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. Moreover, the GAO says that CBP’s $1.5 billion, 10-year life-cycle cost estimate for the Arizona Border Surveillance Technology Plan “may not be…

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