New border requirements bolster security, ease traffic
Residents and businesses shouldn’t be nervous as the June 1 Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative implementation nears. The changes will ease border crossings while also securing our borders.
Will 100 Percent Scanning Result in Rotting Crops?
Shippers of Perishable Goods Fear 100 Percent Scanning will Result in Rotting Crops | Safe Commerce Coalition Growers and shippers of highly perishable crops like cherries worry that a new requirement that all cargo on U.S. passenger flights undergo a security scan could create huge delays, leaving crops to rot in hangars as they await […]
Will Government Take Control of Air Cargo Security?
While the exact composition of potential new legislation is unknown, some stakeholders have begun making the argument that the only solution is for the government to federalize the cargo screening process, similar to the way in which the government manages baggage screening at airports. Federalizing the cargo screening process, however, would be a drastic and short-sighted solution that would further erode our proven risk-based inspection strategy.
Air Cargo World Exclusive Webcast: Analysis of the New Government Mandate for 100% Screening of Air Cargo
How is the air cargo industry preparing itself to implement the U.S. Government’s mandate for screening 100 percent of all international inbound cargo aboard passenger aircraft by August 2010? That’s the number one question for the air freight industry as it faces the challenge of meeting the 2007 Homeland Security law. Listen to an expert panel of security and industry experts in this exclusive webcast discuss how the air cargo mandates will impact security and trade.
Cargo Decline — Not the Time for 100 Percent Scanning
Today’s USA Today features a compelling video on the Port of Savannah. This port, like many ports in America is suffering tremendously from the economic slump. Given these challenges to America’s ports, it seems illogical to implement the 100 percent scanning mandate.
DHS official: Cargo scanning mandate should be reconsidered
DHS official: Cargo mandate should be reconsidered (4/1/09) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com A senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers on Wednesday it is time for Congress to reconsider a legal mandate created by Democratic lawmakers that requires all cargo containers to be scanned for weapons of mass destruction at foreign ports before they are shipped to […]
Is Federalizing the Cargo Screening Process the Right Answer?
Federalizing the air cargo screening process is a drastic and short sighted solution that would further erode our proven risk-based inspection strategy. We need to find flexible, common-sense solutions to meeting the new mandates that don’t totally disregard the important role that risk-based security plays in our national security model.
Before spending millions on cargo-screening quotas, why not ask the experts?
Whether talking about 100% or 50% or 10% screening, the larger the percentage the larger the cost in equipment and staff. However, I would ask 2 questions: What are we screening for and, and is the cost a sound investment in the most effective strategy?
Business case for Homeland Security – Don’t just secure – but secure the right things
The crippled economy is forcing the business community to make tough choices about where to cut costs; personnel, overhead expenses, security investment, or anything that doesn’t add to near-term solvency. Mindful that we haven’t had an attack on US soil in 7 ½ years; our fleeting memory of fear of terrorism has been replaced by an immediately palpable fear of losing our jobs and facing financial ruin.
Customs and Border Protection — Steady as She Goes
As of today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is under the leadership of Acting Commissioner Jayson Ahern. Commissioner Ralph Basham retired after decades of public service on Friday and leaves CBP in the good hands of Ahern.
