Broker Continuing Education Structure Still Being Worked Out

CBP is continuing to work on how to structure the planned customs broker continuing education requirements, said Troy Riley, executive director of Commercial Targeting and Enforcement at CBP. Riley spoke briefly on the subject during the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) meeting on Oct. 7. There's been a number of discussions on "what type of models should even be considered," he said. "There's been a discussion on a board of directors model, a market model," and consideration of how the Department of Education and Council for Higher Education Accreditation have handled accreditation, he said. There has not been a decision on where to go "just yet," he said. The question of how to handle continuing education accreditation has been a difficult issue as the agency works toward adding requirements (see 14041002).