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Customs Service: Process for Estimating and Allocating Inspectional Personnel

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 30, 1998
Report No. GGD-98-107
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Summary:

In fiscal year 1997, the U.S. Customs Service collected about $19 billion in revenues and processed about 18 million import entries; about 128 million vehicles; and about 446 million air, land, and sea passengers entering the country. This report determines (1) how Customs assesses its needs for inspectors and canine enforcement officers and allocates such resources to commercial cargo ports of entry; (2) whether Customs received all the additional inspection personnel its assessments indicated it needed and, if not, why it did not receive them; and (3) whether there are any known implications of Customs' not receiving all of the personnel estimated to be needed and the impact of the additional personnel that were appropriated on Customs' drug enforcement operations.

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