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GAO Finds Two Of 22 Major DHS Acquisition Programs Tracking To Cost, Schedule

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

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GAO Finds Two Of 22 Major DHS Acquisition Programs Tracking To Cost, Schedule

Artist rendering of Offshore Patrol Cutter. Source: Coast Guard

Only two of 22 major acquisition programs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are meeting their initial targets for cost and schedule estimates, one a program for buying explosives detection systems to screen checked bags at airports and the other an electronic portal to facilitate the importing and exporting of trade goods, a congressional audit agency says in a new report.Of the 22 programs, six don’t have a DHS-approved baseline, making it impossible to determine whether they are on…

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