Secure Border Initiative: DHS Needs to Address Testing and Performance Limitations That Place Key Technology Program at Risk

Abstract

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Secure Border Initiative Network (SBInet) is a multiyear, multibillion dollar program to deliver surveillance and decision-support technologies that create a virtual fence and situational awareness along the nation's borders with Mexico and Canada. Managed by DHS's Customs and Border Protection (CBP), SBInet is to strengthen CBP's ability to identify, deter, and respond to illegal breaches at and between border points of entry. Because of the program's importance, cost, and risks, GAO was asked to, among other things, determine (1) whether SBInet testing has been effectively managed, including the types of tests performed and whether they were well planned and executed, and (2) what the results of testing show. To do this, GAO reviewed test management documentation, including test plans, test cases, test procedures, and results relative to federal and related guidance, and interviewed program and contractor officials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1179135

Entities

People

  • Carl Barden
  • Dan Gordon
  • Deborah Davis
  • James Crimmer
  • Jennifer Stavros-turner
  • Lauren Giroux
  • Lee Mccracken
  • Nancy Glover
  • Neil Doherty
  • Randolph C. Hite
  • Sushmita Srikanth

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Circuit Breakers
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Access Control
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Field Tests
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Homeland Security
  • House Of Representatives
  • Intervals
  • Personnel Management
  • Radar Clutter
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Testing
  • Surveillance
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Management
  • United States
  • United States Government

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