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PRESS RELEASES
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For Immediate Release
February 9, 2006
For Information, Contact
Peter J. Gatti
(703) 524-5011
RESPONSES SOUGHT ON FREIGHT SECURITY PROGRAM (C-TPAT)
Arlington, VA – The National Industrial Transportation League in cooperation with the Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas at Austin and the Congressional Research Service have developed a 21 question survey seeking information on the private sector’s views of and participation in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
Formulated and administered under the Department of Homeland Security’s Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), C-TPAT is a voluntary program designed as part of an overall comprehensive national security strategy to reduce the level of risk in the nation’s domestic/international freight supply chains. It is open to shippers, carriers and intermediaries. To be certified in the program, participants must meet specific operating standards. The program has been in existence since 2002 and has several thousand participants.
All present and past participants in C-TPAT are encouraged to respond to the survey. The first section of the survey (14 questions) includes basis background questions regarding the respondent’s company and involvement with the program. The second section (4 questions) asks the perceived advantages of C-TPAT. The third portion (3 questions) concerns the level of security that each company feels as a result of its participation.
Individual responses will be held in strict confidence. Formal results from the survey will not identify individual respondents or their companies in any form.
Speaking on behalf of the League, Peter Gatti, executive vice president said, “the survey presents a tremendous opportunity to evaluate the benefits and costs to companies of C-TPAT, and to determine what, if any, changes might be made to improve the program’s primary objectives. After all, everyone shares a vested interest in making sure we are taking every measure to have an effective and secure freight transport system.”
To access and respond to the survey, go to http://survey.lbjlivewire.com/index.php?sid=3.
The League, founded in 1907 has approximately 600 separate company members representing freight transportation professionals that conduct industrial and or commercial enterprises throughout the United States and internationally. Its members include some of the largest commercial and industrial industries in the nation and throughout the world, as well as numerous smaller shippers. League members ship substantial volumes of commodities worldwide and are therefore supportive of policies which favor a safe and secure freight environment while facilitating the free flow of commerce.
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