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You Don’t Build A Fence This Way

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The Following text is taken from a GAO report on the SBInet (DHS Needs to Address Significant Risks in Delivering Key Technology Investment) that was published yesterday and caught my attention. The title says it all: risk, technology and investment – everything one needs in order to have a good reading). But then, as I go over the text I was very disappointed to learn that the DHS was not learning from the Israeli mistakes when the security fence was built. Judge for yourself. Read the executive summary below:

SBInet, DHS Secure Border system

SBInet, DHS Secure Border system

Just replace some of the names and you feel like your in the Middle East, where projects are known to be delayed, technology is always ahead of what was originally planned and the overall cost is several times higher then originally planned….

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Written by sharon

September 24th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

Posted in Security Business, Snafu

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