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DHS deciding on future of SBInet

The border security program continues to experience delays. Secretary Napolitano calls for reassessment to make sure program is meeting agency's needs. DHS will not move forward with any new SBInet deployments in the near future.

Tags: security , technology , Mark Borkowski , Janet Napolitano , Bennie Thompson , Mark Souder , DHS , CBP , House Homeland Security Committee , Boeing , Heritage Foundation , Jena Baker-McNeil , border security

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:08pm EDT

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Boeing plans for DoD budget cuts

Many lawmakers advocate cutting Defense spending as part of FY 2012. Boeing's Dennis Muilenburg tells us about what the contracting giant is doing to prepare.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , contracting , Boeing , Dennis Muilenburg , budget , USAF , tanker contract , Suzanne Kubota

Thursday - 04/14/2011, 10:40am EDT

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SBInet lives on in parts of DHS border protection plan

A new southwestern border security technology strategy is in the works. We get details from CBS's Mark Borkowski.

Tags: Federal Drive , CBP , DHS , technology , acquisition , management , contracting , Mark Borkowski , OTIA

Tuesday - 04/12/2011, 10:08am EDT

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DHS ends SBINet virtual fence

The controversial project to build an electronic fence along the country's southern border is being terminated.

Tags: DHS , CBP , technology , immigration , terrorism , Bennie Thompson , Joe Lieberman , security , virtual fence , Janet Napolitano , Peter King

Friday - 01/14/2011, 03:30pm EST

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King would increase DHS oversight if named chairman

In the next few weeks, House Republicans will select new committee chairmen, and Congressman Peter King is the presumptive chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. He wants to take the panel back to its original purpose of overseeing the Department of Homeland Security and the war on terrorism.

Tags: management , House Homeland Security Committee , Peter King , DHS , Clark Stevens , Janet Napolitano , John Brennan , Max Cacas

Tuesday - 11/09/2010, 06:50am EST

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Critical tests to decide future of DHS's virtual fence

CBP to implement and evaluate technologies at two sites in Arizona this year to see how well SBINet works and whether to continue deploying the technology. These tests are part of Secretary Napolitano's assessment of SBINet's value. Lawmakers remain pessimistic that the program can get back on track.

Tags: technology , Mark Borkowski , Chris Carney , Henry Cuellar , Randy Hite , House Homeland Security Committee , DHS , CBP , GAO , Boeing , border security , Jason Miller

Friday - 06/18/2010, 06:49am EDT

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House committee examines SBINet success

Is the program working?

Tags: management , DorobekInsider , homeland security , national security , Jason Miller

Thursday - 06/17/2010, 04:24pm EDT

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What are the realities of the virtual fence?

A project designed during the Bush Administration to stem the flow of illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexican border has now fallen on hard times, and formerly supportive lawmakers are now hinting of a dim future for the virtual fence. Thad Bingel, a former Chief of Staff at Customs and Border Protection, explains what's at stake.

Tags: management , DHS , CBP , virtual fence , Thad Bingel

Thursday - 04/22/2010, 09:38am EDT

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