Combating nuclear smuggling: risk-informed covert assessments and oversight of corrective actions could strengthen capabilities at the border : testimony before the Subcommittee Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives / statement of David C. Maurer.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Maurer, David C., author.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, issuing body.

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-16-191 T.

Testimony ; GAO-16-191T

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Nuclear terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Nuclear terrorism.

Smuggling--United States--Prevention.

Smuggling.

Radioactive substances--Detection.

Radioactive substances.

Undercover operations--United States.

Undercover operations.

Border security--United States.

Border security.

Nuclear terrorism--Prevention.

Smuggling--Prevention.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages).

Other Title:

Risk-informed covert assessments and oversight of corrective actions could strengthen capabilities at the border

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2015.

Summary:

"Preventing terrorists from smuggling nuclear or radiological materials into the United States is a top national priority. To address this threat, DHS has deployed radiation detection equipment and trained staff to use it. CBP conducts covert operations to test capabilities for detecting and interdicting nuclear and radiological materials at air, land, and sea ports of entry into the United States as well as checkpoints. This testimony addresses the extent to which (1) CBP covert operations assessed capabilities at air, land, and sea ports and checkpoints to detect and interdict nuclear and radiological material smuggled across the border and (2) CBP reported its covert operations results and provided oversight to ensure that corrective actions were implemented"--Preliminary page.

Contents:

Background

Covert operations provide limited assessments of capabilities to detect and interdict smuggled nuclear and radiological materials

CBP could have reported more consistently on covert operation results and provided greater oversight of corrective actions.

Notes:

"For release on delivery expected at time, 10:00 a.m. ET Tuesday, October, 27, 2015."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO, viewed on Sept. 14, 2022).

OCLC:

928016210