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CBP Public Private Partnerships: Key to Improving Security of Nation’s Ports of Entry
By Amanda Vicinanzo, Homeland Security Today Nov 16, 2015
As federal agencies grapple with the challenge to make every dollar count in an era of constrained budgets and limited resources, Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) public-private partnerships have been a critical tool to meeting the demands of the nation’s ports of entry without spending additional taxpayer dollars.
The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security held a hearing earlier this month to discuss the importance of these partnerships to preserving the economic health and security of the nation.
In today’s budget environment, CBP has experienced staffing shortages and other resource constraints despite the increasing demands on the agency as the volume of traffic continues to grow. Air passenger rates have grown at a rate of 4 to 5 percent a year and there has been a 24 percent increase in cargo containers since the Great Recession.
The Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations Act established a pilot program allowing CBP to enter into public private partnerships to pay for additional officer hours, and to accept donations of real and personal property such as new inspection booths, computers and scanning equipment.
According to subcommittee chairman Candice Miller (R-Mich), while Congress has appropriated more than $2 billion for port of entry construction over the past several years, an estimated $4 billion to $6 billion is needed to fully modernize our ports of entry.
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