FBI may scrap $170 million project
Software was supposed to speed sharing of information
Thursday, January 13, 2005 Posted: 5:48 PM EST (2248 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A $170 million computer overhaul intended to give FBI agents and analysts an instantaneous and paperless way to manage criminal and terrorism cases is headed back to the drawing board, probably at a much steeper cost to taxpayers.
The FBI is hoping to salvage some parts of the project, known as Virtual Case File.
But officials acknowledged Thursday that it is possible the entire system, designed by Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego, is so inadequate and outdated that a new one will have to be built from scratch.
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