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Second Round of Testing Insufficient To Support ASP Production, GAO Says

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Monday, November 3rd, 2008

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By Calvin Biesecker A second round of testing that was completed on next-generation radiation portal monitors falls short in terms of the amount of testing needed to generate a statistically reliable sample and should not be used to support a production decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report released last week. The second round of tests, called Phase III, were originally intended to improve the performance the software algorithms in…

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Trump Signs Spending Package With $839 Billion Defense Bill, Ending Partial Shutdown

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