Keynote Speaker: John Wagner
(Room Ballroom A)
23 Sep 15
8:00 AM
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8:30 AM
As the frontline defense for the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) guards the nation's physical and economic security. In particular, the Office of Field Operations (OFO) has a diverse border mission to enforce customs, immigration, and agriculture laws and regulations of the United States, and hundreds of laws on behalf of numerous federal agencies. OFO's primary mission is anti-terrorism while at the same time facilitating the lawful flow of goods and people into the United States. As passenger volume and cargo containers continue to increase at our borders in a world of constantly changing threats, CBP has developed a flexible posture to optimize resources, transform its business model, and deploy advanced capabilities like biometrics to secure and facilitate travel through accurate identification technology. DAC Wagner will discuss how CBP has adopted a strategy that embraces opportunities to streamline the inspection process at the borders while combatting threats to the nation's security.