DHS to miss 2012 deadline to scan containers for radiation
Federal Computer Week
The Homeland Security Department will miss a July 2012 deadline for radiation scanning of all containers bound for U.S. seaports, and will have to seek an extension, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said today. "Prohibitive challenges" will require DHS to seek more time to implement a program to scan 100 percent of cargo bound for the United States with non-intrusive imaging and radiation detection equipment before it leaves foreign ports, Napolitano told the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
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