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CBP’s Wolf Tombe on innovating federal government

July 28, 2014

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Wolf Tombe, chief technology officer for the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection, discusses with FedScoopTV his leadership innovating “the nation’s largest law enforcement organization.”

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