An Assessment of U.S. Efforts to Secure the Global Supply Chain
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Serial Number
Levin Center Identifier
Document Date
2006-03-30
Report Length
59 pages
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Policy Agendas Project Minor Code
Additional, Minority, Dissenting Views
Report Type
Found Using Methodology
Yes
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Brief Executive Summary
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations conducted an investigation into American efforts to secure the global and domestic supply chains. The Subcommittee reviewed numerous documents and letters, met with officials from the DHS and DOE, and conducted examinations of U.S. ports of entry, among other actions. The report found that American global supply chain security programs have a number of weaknesses, including failure to conduct high-risk container inspections, lack of security profile validation of private entities, the use of unreliable data for identification of high-risk shipping containers, and minimal screening for radiological materials. The Subcommittee provided recommendations for the various security issues they identified.