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CBP’s Innovation Team Can Tighten Work With Operators, GAO Says

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 30th, 2022

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Customs and Border Protection’s office focused on leveraging the startup community and speeding new capabilities into the field could improve outcomes in some cases by improved partnerships with operators and better link its performance goals to the Innovation Team’s (INVNT) strategic goals, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report last week. Since its standup in 2018, the INVNT has invested more than $120 million in 73 pilot projects, completing 39 so far through July 22, 19 of which…

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