Electronic Border Fence On Hold

Customs and Border Protection has delayed by nine months the awarding of a contract for an electronic border fence. The original award date was supposed to be this Jan. 1. Now it won't be until October. NextGov reports, that's because the agency has received more good-looking bids than it expected. It plans to conduct technology fly-offs between January and April. The expected contract replaces an earlier project the agency canceled in 2011. The goal is to have a fence on the Mexico border made of sensors and cameras rather than a physical wall.