Auditors: DHS lacks cost justification for $780 million spent on border network – NextGov
For half a decade, the Homeland Security Department did not collect cost-justification information for invoices from contractor Boeing Co., before paying the company for services rendered on a $1 billion failed, virtual border fence, federal auditors concluded.
DHS envisioned the Secure Border Initiative Network as a surveillance system comprised of interconnected towers, intelligence databases and communications equipment that would scan the southwest border for illegal activity.
Auditors: DHS lacks cost justification for $780 million spent on border network – NextGov
For half a decade, the Homeland Security Department did not collect cost-justification information for invoices from contractor Boeing Co., before paying the company for services rendered on a $1 billion failed, virtual border fence, federal auditors concluded.
DHS envisioned the Secure Border Initiative Network as a surveillance system comprised of interconnected towers, intelligence databases and communications equipment that would scan the southwest border for illegal activity.
