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Homeland Security

Amid Further Delays, DHS Reviewing SBInet Options

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Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Ongoing issues with different systems and components of the Secure Border Initiative's virtual fence project, dubbed SBInet, is leading to further delays in the program that, in turn, have led the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to undertake a formal review of program options that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had been mulling less formally, CBP's lead official on SBI said yesterday. The formal review was directed by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and is being structured…

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