Trusted traveler programs : trends and impacts / Blaire Forester, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forester, Blaire, editor.

Series:

Laws and Programs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airports--Security measures--United States.

Airports.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Security measures--United States.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Border security--United States.

Border security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nearly 1 million people and 1.5 billion of trade entered the United States through 328 POEs on an average day in fiscal year 2013. CBP, within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has four trusted traveler programs-Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, and Free and Secure Trade (FAST)-to provide for expedited travel through dedicated lanes and kiosks at POEs. This book addresses trends in enrollment and program use over the past 5 fiscal years; the extent to which CBP has designed and implemented processes to help ensure consistent and efficient enrollment of applicants; and the impacts of the pr

Contents:

""TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAMS: TRENDS AND IMPACTS""; ""TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAMS: TRENDS AND IMPACTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: TRUSTED TRAVELERS: PROGRAMS PROVIDE BENEFITS, BUT ENROLLMENT PROCESSES COULD BE STRENGTHENED""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""ENROLLMENT IN TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAMS HAS INCREASED IN THE PAST 5 FISCAL YEARS; USE DIFFERS BY PROGRAM AND POE""

""CBP HAS DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED ENROLLMENT PROCESSES, BUT OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY AND CONSISTENCY""""CBP MOVES TRUSTED TRAVELERS THROUGH POES MORE QUICKLY THAN OTHER TRAVELERS, ALLOWING CBP TO FOCUS ITS RESOURCES ON TRAVELERS IT KNOWS LESS ABOUT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I. OMBUDSMAN RECONSIDERATION PROCESS""; ""APPENDIX II. PORTS OF ENTRY WITH DEDICATED TRUSTED TRAVELER LANES AND KIOSKS""; ""APPENDIX III. TRUSTED TRAVELER APPLICATION DENIAL RATES AND REVOCATIONS""

""APPENDIX IV. NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF TRUSTED TRAVELER ENTRIES AT PORTS OF ENTRY THAT HAVE TRUSTED TRAVELER LANES, BY PROGRAM, FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2013""""APPENDIX V. CBP EFFORTS TO ADDRESS WAIT TIME DATA LIMITATIONS""; ""Chapter 2: STATEMENT OF COLLEEN MANAHER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PLANNING, PROGRAM ANALYSIS, AND EVALUATION, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. HEARING ON ''FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROACHES TO ISSUING BIOMETRIC IDS: PART II''""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE (WHTI)""; ""OVERVIEW OF TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAMS""

""SECURE ELECTRONIC NETWORK FOR TRAVELERS RAPID INSPECTION (SENTRI)""""NEXUS""; ""FREE AND SECURE TRADE (FAST)""; ""GLOBAL ENTRY (GE)""; ""COSTS VS COST SAVINGS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-848-1

OCLC:

891382263