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Homeland Security

CBP Ignoring Automation in NII Equipment, Prompting Committee to Redirect Funding

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 28th, 2022

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CBP Ignoring Automation in NII Equipment, Prompting Committee to Redirect Funding

OSI Systems' drive-through Z Portal NII system used by CBP. These systems are currently used for secondary screening applications in some locations. Photo: Rapiscan

Despite being given hundreds of millions of dollars that past few years to deploy advanced scanners at ports of entries to screen vehicles entering the U.S., Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fell behind in the program due to planning miscues and hasn’t invested in new technologies to help automate the current manual reviews of images taken by the scanners, says a report by House appropriators. The report also says that delays in purchasing the non-intrusive inspection (NII) equipment led CBP…

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