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House Appropriators Propose Adding Funding For Virtual Fence Technology

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 13th, 2015

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House Appropriators Propose Adding Funding For Virtual Fence Technology

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) Tuesday morning will begin to mark up 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…

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