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GAO: Southern Border Technology Deployment Won’t Finish For 10 To 15 Years

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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

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By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) new plan to deploy various technologies along the nation's southern border that are tailored to specific Border Patrol Sector needs won't be completed until some time between 2021 and 2026, a government audit official said yesterday. The deployment end date depends on different estimates, Richard Stanna, director of Homeland Security and Justice with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), told a House panel. When the original border security technology plan was conceived…

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Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]