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Congress

Congress Provides $400 Million For Border Security Technology

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

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Siding with the Senate’s proposed funding level, Congress is providing $400 million in FY ’12 for border security technology and fencing programs, nearly $128 million less than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requested. In their FY ’12 report accompanying the DHS spending bill, House and Senate conferees are concerned that despite a new procurement plan from Customs and Border Protection for off-the-shelf fixed-sensor towers to initially be deployed in select areas along the nation’s southwest border, delays in the…

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