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Border Patrol Strategy: Progress and Challenges in Implementation and Assessment Efforts
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAOs prior work has highlighted progress and challenges in various areas related to Border Patrols implementation of its 2004 National Strategy, which could provide insights as Border Patrol transitions to its 2012 Strategic Plan. Border Patrol officials stated that the 2012 Strategic Plan will rely on Border Patrol and federal, state, local, tribal, and international partners working together to use a risk-based approach to secure the border, and include the key elements of Information, Integration, and Rapid Response to achieve objectives. These elements were similar to those in the 2004 Strategy and GAOs past work highlighted the progress and challenges the agency faced obtaining information necessary for border security; integrating security operations with partners; and mobilizing a rapid response to security threats. Border Patrol successfully used interagency forums and joint operations to counter threats, but challenges included assessing the benefits of border technology and infrastructure to, among other things, provide information on situational awareness. For example, in May 2010 GAO reported that the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had not accounted for the effect of its investment in border fencing and infrastructure …
Date:
May 8, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Further Action Needed to Improve Management of Special Acquisition Authority
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In the last 8 years, the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate has used its special acquisition authority to enter into 58 other transaction agreements. Use of the authority has declined since 2005. DHS officials said the decline is due to uncertainty about the agencys continuing authority to enter into these agreements, among other things."
Date:
May 8, 2012
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library