Over A Decade And $356 Million Later, The Justice Department’s Wireless Systems Still Suck
That, according to Wired (by way of Glenn Reynolds):
After 9/11, three federal law enforcement agencies planned a massive project to replace a mishmash of aging and obsolete radios used by thousands of federal agents. A decade and $356 million later, the program has made “minimal progress” and the Department of Homeland Security, one of the project’s key partners, wants little to do with it.
That’s all according to an audit by the Justice Department’s inspector general, following interviews with officials from the FBI to DHS and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, among others. The DOJ’s investigators found the project — dubbed the Integrated Wireless Network — to be at “high risk for failure” because of shifting priorities, costly delays and frequent changes in leadership at top DOJ posts.
Somehow, problems like this rarely seem to plague companies operating in the private sector.
But don’t worry, the federal government can totally make your health care cheaper and more efficient.
Tags: big government, dea, department of homeland security, department of justice, fbi
