The FCC plans to put up two valuable chunks of airwaves for sale, but economic turmoil might make it difficult for smaller companies and start-ups to raise adequate financing.
Technology is being poorly managed, schedules have slipped and capabilities are not clear in DHS' SBInet border surveillance system, according to a GAO report.
Though the Customs and Border Protection has postponed work on the project until January 2009, it will not be a final blow to the troubled program, one official said.
DHS will probably miss its 2009 deadlines to implement the US-VISIT exit system and Electronic System for Travel Authorization, according to a new GAO report.
A rule proposed by the DHS' Bureau of Customs and Border Protection would require federal government contractors to revisit their Trade Agreements Act certifications to ensure they are selling compliant supplies.
Changes to the agency's approach to managing technology in its Secure Border Initiative Network need to be made immediately, according to one GAO official.
Details of a plan to create a national communications network for first responders were announced Sept. 5 by the FCC after an earlier effort to sell the network this year failed to produce a buyer.
A major effort to upgrade computers that hold the government's master list of terrorist identities is embroiled in controversy about the project's management.
