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U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Resources Deployed and Challenges Faced in Securing the Northern Border
GAO-26-107501
Feb 12, 2026
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1 Open Recommendations
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop and implement a plan with strategies for addressing workforce gaps in the Law Enforcement Information Systems Specialist position.
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Federal Custody: Bureau of Prisons and ICE Should Take Actions to Improve Access to Menstrual Products
GAO-26-107694
Feb 02, 2026
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2 Open Recommendations
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Bureau of Prisons The Director of BOP should ensure the Bureau's oversight activities systematically and routinely monitor adherence to BOP policy on the provision of menstrual products. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Director of ICE should revise each set of detention standards to clarify requirements related to the provision of menstrual products. (Recommendation 2)
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Supply Chain Security: Actions Needed to Improve CBP Management of the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program
GAO-26-107893
Jan 27, 2026
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6 Open Recommendations
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop a plan and assign responsibility for overseeing the completeness and consistency of its security incident data involving CTPAT participants, such as through regular evaluations of security incident data and ensuring that security incidents reported from CTPAT field offices or self-reported by participants are included in its data. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should update the operating guidance for investigating and taking enforcement action against CTPAT participants involved in security incidents. The update should include (1) decision-making criteria based on a risk-based approach to inform decisions on methods to investigate participants, (2) decision-making criteria based on a risk-based approach to inform decisions on enforcement actions against participants, and (3) requirements that those decisions be documented. (Recommendation 2)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should improve the completeness and accuracy of the CTPAT program's enforcement actions data in the CTPAT Portal by addressing (1) incomplete data entries, (2) inconsistent or inaccurate data entries, (3) missing data entries, and (4) the potential for duplicate records. (Recommendation 3)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop a formal mechanism to ensure it annually reviews and updates as necessary the CTPAT program's minimum security requirements, as required by the SAFE Port Act. (Recommendation 4)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop and document internal policies and procedures to ensure the agency develops an annual plan for each fiscal year to match available resources to the projected workload of the CTPAT program, as required by the SAFE Port Act, including resources to address program participant involvement in security incidents. (Recommendation 5)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The Commissioner of CBP should develop a 5-year plan with outcome-based goals and performance measures of the CTPAT program, as required by the SAFE Port Act. (Recommendation 6)
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Southwest Border: CBP Should Improve Oversight of Medical Care for Individuals in Custody
GAO-26-107425
Jan 26, 2026
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United States Customs and Border Protection The CBP Commissioner should ensure that the Office of the Chief Medical Officer takes action, such as providing additional training or guidance, to ensure contracted medical personnel understand the difference between medical assessments and medical encounters, and reasons for the difference. (Recommendation 1)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The CBP Commissioner should ensure that the Office of the Chief Medical Officer develops and implements an oversight mechanism to ensure individuals receive required medical assessments. (Recommendation 2)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The CBP Commissioner should clearly document in policy or guidance the factors that CBP personnel should consider to determine an individual in custody is at-risk based on serious physical or mental injuries or illnesses for the purpose of expeditious processing under CBP's standards for short-term custody. (Recommendation 3)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The CBP Commissioner should ensure that the Office of the Chief Medical Officer develops and implements an oversight mechanism for CBP and contracted medical personnel to ensure medically high-risk individuals in custody receive required medical care, including medical monitoring checks and red wristbands. (Recommendation 4)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The CBP Commissioner should ensure that the Office of the Chief Medical Officer includes information in monitoring reports on individuals at facilities without contracted medical personnel to ensure they receive the medical care required under CBP guidance. (Recommendation 5)
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United States Customs and Border Protection The CBP Commissioner should develop and implement a mechanism to ensure that individuals who had medical issues identified or addressed while in CBP custody have their medical summary forms any time they leave custody. (Recommendation 6)
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