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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for ensuring the security of cargo containers shipped into the U.S. CBP oversees the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, or C-TPAT program which aims to secure the supply chain through partnerships with international trade co. Member co. agree to allow CBP to validate their security practices and, in exchange, they are awarded benefits, such as reduced scrutiny of their cargo. This report assesses the progress CBP has made in the last 3 years in : (1) improving its benefit-award policies for C-TPAT members; (2) addressing challenges in validating members¿ security practices; and (3) addressing mgmt. and staffing challenges. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) FY 2009 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) is a comprehensive report that combines CBP¿s Annual Performance Report with its audited financial statements, assurances on internal control, accountability reporting and agency assessments. CBP¿s PAR provides financial and performance information that enables Congress and the public to assess the performance of the agency as it relates to the CBP mission. CBP is America¿s frontline border agency; it guards our boundaries. The CBP PAR discusses the agency¿s strategic goals and objectives and provides a comparison of agency performance targets to actual performance results. Illustrations.
On March 1, 2003, the U.S. Customs Service, a component of the Treasury Dept. became a component of the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS). The agency is now known as U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP). Decisions affecting CBP were previous designated as Treasury Decisions (T.D.s). They are now denominated as Customs & Border Protection Decisions (CBP Decisions). This volume contains the Customs Regulations of the U.S., U.S. CBP, DHS, rev. as of Sept. 30, 2003. It also contains: Treasury orders; Customs orders; Redesignation tables; List of CFR sections affected; & Index. Charts & tables.
This is the summary of an oral briefing given in response to a mandate in the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. This mandate required the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) to prepare an expenditure plan that satisfied 12 specified conditions, and for the plan to be submitted to and approved by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees before the agency could obligate $400 million of the approx. $775 million appropriated for U.S. Customs and Border Protection fencing, infrastructure, and technology. In response to this requirement, DHS submitted a plan on March 4, 2009." Levine reviewed the plan on whether the plan satisfied the 12 specified legislative conditions. Illustrations.