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January 15, 2005

FBI blows $180 million on software upgrade

After 9/11, disorganisation of security information was cited as a key failure in the application of intelligence gathering and application that helped allow the plane hijackers to succeed.

A $600 million package was assigned to the FBI to build 3 crucial computer systems for achieving their mandate, but one of them - Virtual Case File - has failed to materialise after $180 in investment.

Intended to allow all FBI offices to search for and access case files and related documents, and to permit separate offices to collaborate on line, Virtual Case File, according to the Register's report FBI blew $170m on doomed IT upgrade:

The Bureau concedes that the system is capable of only 10 per cent of its requirements, and cannot be salvaged, except perhaps for minor bits that might be recycled in a future replacement.

Posted by brian_turner at January 15, 2005 10:08 AM

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