Sentinel (FBI)
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Sentinel is a software case management system developed by the US FBI with the aim to replace digital and paper processes with purely digital workflows during investigations.[1] There was a previous failed project called Virtual Case File.
The project started in 2006 with a $425 million budget. After several delays, new leadership, a slightly bigger budget, and adoption of agile software development method,[2] Sentinel was completed under budget and was in use agency-wide on July 1 2012.[3]
An audit of the program in 2014, two years after completion, revealed ongoing issues with Sentinel's search function, with only 42 percent of surveyed FBI employees indicating that they often found results they needed.[4][5] In spite of this, the audit was broadly positive, and found that most FBI employees reported that Sentinel enhanced their ability to enter and share case information.
References
1: https://web.archive.org/web/20120402215006/http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/232800018
2: http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/fbi-puts-sentinel-hold/2010-03-21 (dead link)
2: on wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20110226213338/http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/fbi-puts-sentinel-hold/2010-03-21
3: https://www.informationweek.com/applications/fbis-sentinel-project-5-lessons-learned/d/d-id/1105637?
4: https://www.newsweek.com/fbis-expensive-sentinel-computer-system-still-isnt-working-despite-report-272855
5: https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2014/a1431.pdf
The FBI awarded the original contract for the case management system toLockheed Martinin 2006, but an impatient Fulgham, who was hired in 2008 to get the project on track, decided to bring it in house in September 2010.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120402215006/http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/232800018
https://web.archive.org/web/20120405005818/http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/227400495
Private sector (2005–2013)
Comeyleft the Department of Justice in August 2005.[71]In August 2005, it was announced that Comey would enter the private sector, becoming the general counsel and senior vice president forLockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of Defense's largest contractor.[72] Comey's tenure took effect on October 1, 2005,[73] serving in that capacity untilJune 2, 2010, when he announced he would leave Lockheed Martin to join the senior management committee at Bridgewater Associates, a Connecticut-based investment management firm.[74] Comey received a three million dollar payout from Bridgewater, his net worth estimated at 14 million dollars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey
FBI puts Sentinel on hold
March 21, 2010— 8:57pm ET | By David Perera
The FBI will delay starting new work on Sentinel, its web-based case file application, FBI Director Robert Mueller told a House panel March 17.
Mueller's decision to prolong Sentinel's second phase and delay additional work on its third and fourth phases could add $30 million to the project's price tag, Congressional sources told the New York Times.
Mueller told the House Appropriations commerce, justice and science subcommittee that the FBI is adjusting the system "so that when we roll it out, it would be successful."
"On the one hand there were certain things that users requested," Mueller said according to a transcript of the hearing quoted by Government Computer News. "Secondly there were coding issues and thirdly we want to make certain that the system when it goes out meets the,I guess it would bethe infrastructure requirements."
https://web.archive.org/web/20110226213338/http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/fbi-puts-sentinel-hold/2010-03-21
Looks to anon like SENTINEL is why Cornball was at Lockheed Martin in the first place. Reeks of corruption IMO
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