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A land port of entry provides controlled entry into or departure from the United States for persons and materials. It houses the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other federal inspection agencies responsible for the enforcement of federal laws pertaining to such activities.
Currently, there are 167 LPOEs at America’s borders with Canada and Mexico. We own and operate 122 of these land ports of entry. The remaining ports are either owned and operated by the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection or are leased to the government by municipalities, other local governments, or private entities such as toll bridges.
LPOE construction projects routinely involve a large number of participants, including customer agencies and other stakeholders. It is vital to the successful delivery of a project that consistent processes are implemented and understood by all parties. The Center employs several tools that aid in the standardization of processes and policies, including:
The Office of Project Delivery responds to a variety of inquiries regarding our overall program as well as specific projects. For this reason, an expedient and reliable data source is necessary for the credible collection of project and program information. Currently, OPD uses the Project Information Portal and the Border Information Tracking System . These web-based systems generate reports that meet the format requirements of requesting individuals and offices.
Each major project is assigned a Center Program Coordinator who ensures the project follows necessary project standards and directives by:,
Our Design Excellence Program has resulted in LPOE designs that respond to customers’ operational needs while reflecting the stability, security and authority of the United States. We meet civilian federal agencies’ facility and workplace needs by developing projects in partnership with the best qualified architects, designers and artists throughout the United States. The Design Excellence Program has resulted in a portfolio of high quality facilities that, beyond being functional, contribute to the nation’s architectural and cultural legacy of an open and welcoming national frontier.
In response to the ever expanding and evolving requirements of the border program, we, along with the DHS/CBP have begun the development of the “Port of the Future” program that addresses these increased demands. This program is developing design guidelines and a design and delivery process that can address changing technologies, expedite project delivery, provide consistent solutions to common problems, support projects in remote locations and maintain the quality of design that our Design Excellence Program promotes.
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Rates for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions are set by the Department of Defense.
Rates for foreign countries are set by the Department of State.
Rates are available between 10/1/2022 and 09/30/2025.
The End Date of your trip can not occur before the Start Date.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations, unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties (unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties, even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.
U.S. General Services Administration