United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-12-16 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-325T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-325T P0b002ee18039e7b0 f:d04325t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-325T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-325T GAO-04-325T Counterterrorism Inspection Shipping industry Terrorism Weapons National preparedness Testimony A09032 After the attacks of September 11, 2001, concerns intensified that terrorists would attempt to smuggle a weapon of mass destruction into the United States. One possible method for terrorists to smuggle such a weapon is to use one of the 7 million cargo containers that arrive at our nation's seaports each year. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for addressing the potential threat posed by the movement of oceangoing cargo containers. Since CBP cannot inspect all arriving cargo containers, it uses a targeting strategy, which includes an automated targeting system. This system targets some containers for inspection based on a perceived level of risk. In this testimony, GAO provides preliminary findings on its assessment of (1) whether CBP's development of its targeting strategy is consistent with recognized key risk management and computer modeling practices and (2) how well the targeting strategy has been implemented at selected seaports around the country. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-325T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-325T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-325T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-325T.pdf GAO-04-325T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-325T Testimony GAO-04-325T; Homeland Security: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Target Security Inspections of Cargo Containers; Counterterrorism Inspection Shipping industry Terrorism Weapons National preparedness