SECURED Boarder Project A system

The idea behind Secured boarder project was to provide the USA control of its borders through a system of movable surveillance towers, high-tech sensors, radars, cameras and communication relays that would give Customs and Border Protection agents the ability to see and respond to intruders.

Major Elements Include/ Agencies

Customs and Boarder Protection (CBP)

Immigration and customs enforcement (ICE)

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Dhs Science &Technology Directorate (Dhs S&T)

Secure Boarder Representees

CBP Sector Chief

Border Patrol Chief

ICE agents

Detention Officer

US Attorney

Contractor (Motorola, Lockheed, Raytheon)

DHS S & T representative

Elements to Define a system.

Boundary Defines what is included or excluded

Input Energy or Information

Transformation Entities Interacting to the product output

Output- Services of information that are produced by the system.

Feedback Relationships between entities (intrinsic) of from output (extrinsic)

Environment All that is external to boundary.

Question

Based on the elements defined above, use that to define the secure boarder project as a system.