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House Appropriators Propose Adding Funding for Virtual Fence Technology

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

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The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) Tuesday morning will begin to markup its version of the FY ’16 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with a recommendation to add $66 million to the request for border security technology, including more funds for fixed surveillance towers.A draft report accompanying the HAC’s Homeland Security Appropriations bill contains $38.5 million in new funds for the Integrated Fixed Tower (IFT) system, a network of towers that is currently being procured for deployments…

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