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This link, Special Report: troubled tech at Homeland Security, will take you to a number of Business Week stories about tech problems at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  Government agencies continue to take on big tech projects, causing concerns about their abilitiy to pull them off.

Homeland Insecurity is the first of three stories on the challenges and opportunities faced by DHS.  It focuses on DHS’s reliance on outside contractors who are insufficiently managed.

Airport Fast-Pass Moves Slowly, the second story, is about “Clear” which lets screened travelers skip long security lines and epitomizes the pitfalls of developing technology for Homeland Security agencies.

Is Homeland Security Too Focused on Now? 
In this third story, some say that DHS’s emphasis on near-term results could leave the U.S. vulnerable to threats that can’t be anticipated.