News release: “Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the Director of the FBI for additional information about its latest attempt to modernize its antiquated computer system. Grassley sent a letter to Director Robert Mueller following reports that a stop work order had been placed on both phases 3 and 4 of the Sentinel contract with Lockheed Martin. “The FBI has been trying to get its computer system up to speed for a decade. It appears that the third iteration of a modern FBI computer system is about to fail. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on a system that is little more than a fancy personnel management system. Taxpayers deserve an answer about the continued failure of the FBI and where the hundreds of millions of dollars went,” Grassley said. “I want to know exactly how much more taxpayer money the FBI intends to spend and when the system will be completed and in working order. The FBI needs a modern computing system, on time and on budget, for our intelligence community to stay ahead of the new and evolving threats facing our country…”