Stimulus Package has Millions for Security

Under provisions of the new massive economic stimulus package, the Department of Homeland Security could see itself in a new $448 million headquarters. What else does the package hold for both IT and physical security?

In an article on the ComputerWorld website, Jaikumar Vijayan says the package includes hundreds of millions of dollars for various IT and physical security projects, including the money for the new DHS headquarters.

There are also plenty of other items scattered throughout the bill targeting physical and IT security needs, Vijayan adds. They include:

• Approximately $248 million will be available to the Office of the Under Secretary of Management for planning, design, information technology infrastructure, fixtures and other costs at the new DHS headquarters.
• “A capital investment fund of about $524 million, of which nearly $99 million will be available to the U.S. Department of State to carry out its responsibilities under the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, approved by President George W. Bush last year,” Vijayan says.
• As much as $200 million for border security fence, infrastructure and technology for securing the nation's southwest border.
• US Customs and Border Patrol could have $101 million for port inspection systems.
• The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) could get $200 million for explosive detection systems.

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