(May 17, 2008)--Texas has at least temporarily canceled a bid request for a border video camera network.
The system is aimed at allowing the public to help spot illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.
Texas officials said the project isn't dead and say it will be re-bid.
Gov. Rick Perry and his emergency management division dubbed Govsystem a "virtual border neighborhood watch" to build on the month-long pilot program.
The pilot system was plagued by technical problems.
Cameras were to be placed on private property along the Texas-Mexico border, and the public worldwide was to have viewing access to the video on the Internet, but as the bidding companies awaited word on which firm would get the contract after the proposal deadline in mid-April, a state government Web posting was marked this week in big red letters: NOTE: SOLICITATION HAS BEEN CANCELED!!!
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