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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Advocate for Border Region Infrastructure and Trade, GSA Administrator Lurita Doan, Resigns

Published by Policy.
April 30, 2008 – 5:04 pm in Advocacy, Infrastructure 0 Comments

Border Trade Alliance (BTA) is stunned that the most determined member of this Administration committed to building more capacity at our nations ports of entry has resigned. Lurita Doan, Administrator of U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), has single handedly energized a moribund national effort to build more lanes, inspection booths, bridges, and ports […]

Border Trade Alliance Issues Support for Critical Legislation Impacting Border Wait-Times

Published by Director of Policy.
April 18, 2008 – 8:15 pm in Advocacy, Legislation, Import & Export, Press Releases 0 Comments

The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) today announced its strong support for the PORTS Act, H.R. 5622, recently introduced by Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX). The PORTS (Putting Our Resources Toward Security) Act authorizes significant increases in funding for security personnel and infrastructure at all U.S. land ports of entry in order to meet […]

BTA Int. Conference In DC: North American Leaders Address Border Delays at POEs

Published by Events.
April 10, 2008 – 5:58 am in Advocacy 2 Comments

BTA would like to thank the dedicated speakers and attendees of the BTA Int. Conference 2008: Understanding Wait-times: Border Delays’ Impacts on Trade. The international conference and congressional briefing, brought together international business, border community, federal agency, and Congressional Leaders to focus on the importance of identifying solutions to address increased wait-times […]

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