DHS Again Lists CBP-IPR Partnership Program & CEEs as FY 2013 Budget Priorities
On March 8, 2012 before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Secretary Janet Napolitano again gave written testimony that the FY 2013 trade-related budget priorities of the Department of Homeland Security include (1) expanding the Container Security Initiative (CSI), (2) funding a CBP-private sector partnership program that aims to improve intellectual property rights (IPR) targeting by enabling CBP to identify and release shipments of authentic goods without inspection; (3) expanding Industry Integration Centers (Centers of Excellence and Expertise, CEEs), and (4) updating certain facilities on the southern border. The DHS Secretary gave the same written testimony on February 15, 2012 before the Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the House Appropriations Committee.
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(See ITT's Online Archives 12021627 for summary of Feb 15 testimony. See ITT's Online Archives for summary of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) testimony before Congress that its primary trade enforcement initiative in FY 2012 will be to enhance its intellectual property rights enforcement, including the IP of electronics goods, and that it would be conducting a new risk-based exam initiative.)