Office of Inspector General

Report: Management Alert - To Minimize Risk of Environmental Harm, the Security Categorization of Electronic Manifest System Data Needs to Be Re-Evaluated

Report #18-P-0217, June 21, 2018

What Was Found

A breach of hazardous material information within e-Manifest may facilitate terrorist or other criminal activities.

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