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Disputing GAO, CBP Official says Risks, Costs Understood in Arizona Border Tech Plan

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has planned for various risks to its new technology plan for better securing the nation’s southwest border and so far actual costs are likely to be lower than the $1.5 billion initially thought for the project, the agency’s top acquisition official says. Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner of CBP’s Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition, says a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report focused on the worst potential risks in the Arizona Border Surveillance Technology Plan,…

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