I just read your November article on DHS and the auditor’s report. [“Auditor criticizes DHS small vessel security plan as ineffective,” page A6] It occurs to me that the government could get a lot more voluntary compliance if there was a way to speed up the process.We now have the local boater cards [for customs clearance of U.S. citizens in South Florida] to help move things along. We have the Advance Notice of Arrival for larger vessels.  What if smaller vessels could voluntarily file Advance Notices and we had a dedicated phone number to check in with? It could be routed through the same people but could give us a higher priority as we would be much simpler to clear in, having already done our online reports. Just a thought.

Capt. Ned Stone