We Got a Plan.. An Import Safety “Plan” – Part 2
After reading the transcript of the press conference, I knew I had to get my hands on the report itself and read through it for myself (Action Plan can be downloaded here). I needed to see just what the findings were, and more than that, I needed to see what their recommendations were….
Now, given it is a 86 page and I am sure you all are not looking for the page by page, so first I will offer some thoughts on the points the government felt summed up their “plan”… and then I will offer a few comments
So first, the framework (as seen in the picture below)
The highlights of the findings as per the U.S. government fact sheet:
- The Action Plan proposes a strategy focused on a risk-based prevention with verification model that allocates import safety resources based on risk.
- The sheer magnitude of the import-export enterprise makes clear that our Nation cannot inspect its way to safety.
- The Action Plan presented today reflects the Administration’s commitment to continually strengthen and improve the import safety system
and their 14 recommendations:
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