Agencies at odds over border tech Mar 12, 2014
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Mar 12, 2014
The Government Accountability Office doesn't think Customs and Border Protection is adequately planning and testing its surveillance technology on the Arizona/Mexico border. CBP officials respectfully disagree.
In a report released March 12, GAO recommended that CBP create a master schedule for its plan to secure the border and revise the testing schedule for its Integrated Fixed Tower project.
"From our prospective, what isn't clear from the test plans that we've seen from CBP thus far is how they'll be able to ensure that the towers, once deployed, are meeting the Border Patrol's operational needs," said Rebecca Gambler, GAO's director of homeland security and justice issues, during a hearing held by the House Homeland Security Committee's Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee on March 12.
CBP officials disagree with both recommendations.
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