Chertoff: “Virtual Fence” On Border Works

K.C. Jones
InformationWeek
March 6, 2008 03:36 PM

Technology used on a section of border fence in Arizona works just fine, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. It just needs to be supplemented, he said.

Chertoff testified before Congress this week. He explained that a 28-mile portion of a fence on the border of the United States and Mexico helps border patrols but is “not a panacea.”

DHS has deployed technology, including radar, to beef up security along that portion of the border fence in Arizona. The section, labeled Project 28, or P-28, is intended to be a prototype to test the department’s ability to integrate several technologies into a unified system, he said. The $21 million project by Boeing drew fire from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which said the technology experienced software and communications problems. GAO also said camera images from the fence are fuzzy.

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