SBInet FUNDING CUT CONSIDERABLY IN FY09 WHITE HOUSE REQUEST

摘要

The Department of Homeland Security's border security technology programs would receive a $450 million cut under the Fiscal Year 2009 budget request, which seeks $775 million for the Customs and Border Protection efforts compared to the enacted FY 2008 level of $ 1.2 billion. DHS officials, however, portrayed it as a budget add-on rather than a cut at a Feb. 4 briefing.