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Business/Financial

SBI Chief Sees Second Contract Option For Boeing If Improvements Continue

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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker With the ink barely dry on Boeing's [BA] first one-year contract option for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) program, if the company's performance on the program continues to improve then it will likely get another 12-month extension next year, according the head of the border security program. While some in Congress are frustrated that the technology portion of the SBI program is well behind schedule and blame Boeing for underperforming, Mark Borkowski, the executive director of SBI…

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