SECURE BORDER INITIATIVE: DHS Needs to Reconsider Its Proposed Investment in Key Technology Program

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Abstract:

The technology component of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Secure Border Initiative (SBI), referred to as SBInet, is to put observing systems along our nations borders and provide Border Patrol command centers with the imagery and related tools and information needed in deciding whether to deploy agents. SBInet is being acquired and deployed in incremental blocks of capability, with the first block to cost about $1.3 billion. Because of the programs importance, size, and challenges, GAO was asked to, among other things, determine the extent to which DHS has (1) defined the scope of its proposed SBInet solution, (2) developed are liable schedule for this solution,(3) demonstrated the cost effectiveness of this solution, and(4) acquired the solution using key management processes. To do this, GAO compared key program documentation to relevant guidance and industry practices.

Author(s):
Hite, Randolph C ; Davis, Deborah ; Alexander, David ; Alvarez, Rebecca ; Barden, Carl ; Derricotte, Tisha ; Doherty, Neil ; Glover, Nancy ; Gordon, Dan ; Dottermusch, Cheryl ; Johnson, Thomas J ; Kuhn, Kaelin P ; Lee, Jason T ; Mccracken, Lee ; Payan, Jamelyn ; Richey, Karen ; Seifert, Karl W ; Snyder, Matt ; Srikanth, Sushmita ; Stavros-turner, Jennifer ; Steele, Stacey L ; Talley, Karen
Author Organization(s):
United States Government Accountability Office
Funding Organization(s):
United States Government Accountability Office , Washington , DC
Document Type:
Technical Report/Congressional Report
Publication Date:
2010 May 01
Pagination:
92

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

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Collection: TRECMS
Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
test and evaluation, systems engineering, business administration, life cycle management, management personnel, cost estimates, homeland security, test management, congress, life cycles, risk management, acquisition, complex systems, contractors, contracts, deployment, engineering
Keyword(s):
sbi(secure border initiative), sbinet(Secure Border Initiative Network)
Subject Categories:
Behavioral and Social Sciences; Behavioral and Social Sciences
Creation Date:
2022 Sep 08
Update Date:
2022 Nov 16