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 2006-03-30 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-591T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-591T P0b002ee180397c7e f:d06591t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-591T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-591T GAO-06-591T Cargo security Comparative analysis Computer modeling Counterterrorism Deep water ports Harbors Homeland security Inspection Internal controls Operational testing Performance measures Risk management Smuggling Terrorism Weapons of mass destruction Customs Service Automated Targeting System Testimony A50480 U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Automated Targeting System (ATS)--a computerized model that CBP officers use as a decision support tool to help them target oceangoing cargo containers for inspection--is part of CBP's layered approach to securing oceangoing cargo. GAO reported in February 2004 on challenges CBP faced in targeting oceangoing cargo containers for inspection and testified before Congress in March 2004 about the findings in that report. The report and testimony outlined recommendations aimed at (1) better incorporating recognized modeling practices into CBP's targeting strategy, (2) periodically adjusting the targeting strategy to respond to findings that occur during the course of its operation, and (3) improving implementation of the targeting strategy. This statement for the record discusses preliminary observations from GAO's ongoing work related to ATS and GAO's 2004 recommendations addressing the following questions: (1) What controls does CBP have in place to provide reasonable assurance that ATS is effective at targeting oceangoing cargo containers with the highest risk of smuggled weapons of mass destruction? (2) How does CBP systematically analyze security inspection results and incorporate them into ATS? and (3) What steps has CBP taken to better implement the rest of its targeting strategy at the seaports? https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-591T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-591T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-591T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-591T.pdf GAO-06-591T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-591T Testimony GAO-06-591T; Cargo Container Inspections: Preliminary Observations on the Status of Efforts to Improve the Automated Targeting System; Cargo security Comparative analysis Computer modeling Counterterrorism Deep water ports Harbors Homeland security Inspection Internal controls Operational testing Performance measures Risk management Smuggling Terrorism Weapons of mass destruction Customs Service Automated Targeting System