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Virtual Border Fence Delayed

11:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration

28 Feb 2008

PH2008022800177.jpgCan’t say I’m sorry about this news. The virtual fence on the U.S./Mexico border is being delayed by at least three years! All of us people who work with technology on a small level know that there are often glitches when rolling out a project.

Technical problems discovered in a 28-mile pilot project south of Tucson prompted the change in plans.Those problems included Boeing’s use of inappropriate commercial software, designed for use by police dispatchers, to integrate data related to illicit border-crossings. Boeing has already been paid $20.6 million for the pilot project, and in December, the DHS gave the firm another $65 million to replace the software with military-style, battle management software.

Ok so I’m upset that so much money is being paid out to this huge company, especially since that’s taxpayer money. Just goes to show you how a border fence is just a bad move all around.

Via / The Washington Post

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