The House Appropriations Committee this week approved a $39.1 billion budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ’13, including fully funding the $327.1 million request for border security technology and infrastructure although the panel cautions that relatively new technology efforts to provide surveillance assets on the nation’s southwestern border are already behind schedule. In January 2011 DHS canceled the previous border security technology program, called the Secure Border Initiative Network (SBInet), and directed a more flexible approach…
House Appropriators Fund Border Technology Efforts But Warn Of Delays
Defense Daily Staff
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