NPR Story 2:00 pm Wed September 11, 2013  Border Contracts
Awarded Using New Guidelines  Originally published on Wed
September 11, 2013 2:36 pm  In the coming months, contracts
worth hundreds of millions of dollars will be finalized for new
surveillance technology along the Southwest border.  From
the Here & Now Contributors Network, Jude Joffe-Block of
Fronteras Desk reports that past mistakes are now dictating the
way the federal government is awarding these contracts.
Copyright 2014 WBUR-FM. To see more, visit     In the coming
months, the federal government will finalize contracts for new
surveillance technology to be deployed along the U.S./Mexico
border. They're worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But past
mistakes are now dictating these contracts will be awarded. From
the HERE AND NOW Contributors Network, Jude Joffe-Block has this
report.  UNIDENTIFIED MAN: We're supposed to, like, wait to find
areas...  JUDE JOFFE-BLOCK, BYLINE: This is the Joint
Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center