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FBI Keeping Close Tabs on Sentinel

Alice Lipowicz writes on Washington Technology:

The FBI is on track to deploy the second phase of its Sentinel case file management system within weeks, said FBI Director Robert Mueller.

Lockheed Martin Corp. is developing Sentinel under a six-year contract for $335 million, Muller said. Full costs may be as high as $425 million, however, because the FBI is using a spiral-development strategy allowing for incremental changes and adjustments to new technologies along the way, he said.

Mueller said the FBI is satisfied with the Phase One products developed thus far, including a Web-based portal and work boxes that summarize cases and leads. But the products are likely to be used more frequently by FBI employees once Phase Two is implemented, he said.

Full capabilities are expected to be available by 2010. But the FBI also may develop some phases more quickly than expected through the use of spiral development and push those improvements out to the field.

posted by Fergie @ 4/04/2008 01:22:00 PM