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GAO says that 'lessons were not learnt' with new Homeland network
Category: Data storage
15 October, 2008
Not enough planning or management went into deploying the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) and the new system might regress to the original one - which was slow and inefficient - the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has announced.In news which local and national government may want to take on board when addressing their own data storage and data security on networks, the HSIN - launched in 2004 - is expected to be replaced by a $62 million (£35.3 million) HSIN Next Gen, the Associated Press (AP) claims.
This would replace the HSIN $91 million system, which was set up to enable local, federal and state agencies, along with the private sector, to share information relating to terrorism.
But the HSIN was praised for its ability to deploy various disaster recovery procedures including during Hurricane Katrina, which Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke tells the AP allowed 20,000 emergency calls to be made from New Orleans after its own 911 network went down.
UK government may be wise to take heed of the GAO report, after it announced ministers were considering a £12 billion plan to monitor people's email, telephone and browsing habits, a scheme which could throw up questions concerning data security and how safe and efficient the system would be.
