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GAO Says Better Planning, Data Needed for Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Program

The Departments of Agriculture and Homeland Security have made progress implementing the recommendations of a 2006 Government Accountability Study of the Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection program, but work remains to improve planning, data reliability, and the canine inspector program, GAO…

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said in a report on the program. Allocation of scarce CBP resources based on port-specific risks could especially benefit from improved strategic planning and better data to analyze risk and effectiveness. The full report is available here. A one-page summary of the report is available here.