Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Strengthen Management and Oversight of Its Prime Contractor

Abstract

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Secure Border Initiative Network (SBInet) is to place surveillance systems along our nation's borders and provide Border Patrol command centers with the imagery and related tools and information needed to detect breaches and make agent deployment decisions. To deliver SBInet, DHS has relied heavily on its prime contractor. Because of the importance of effective contractor management and oversight to SBInet, GAO was asked to determine the extent to which DHS (1) defined and implemented effective controls for managing and overseeing the prime contractor and (2) effectively monitored the contractors progress in meeting cost and schedule expectations. To do this, GAO analyzed key program documentation against relevant guidance and best practices, and interviewed program officials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1178928

Entities

People

  • Deborah A. Davis
  • Jamelym Payan
  • Kaelin Kuhn
  • Karen Richey
  • Lee Mccracken
  • Matt Snyder
  • Matthew Strain
  • Neil Doherty
  • Randolph C. Hite
  • Stacey Steele
  • Sushmita Srikanth
  • Tisha Derricotte

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Life Cycles
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Program Management
  • Reliability
  • Risk Management
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

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  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
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