We recommend the Executive Assistant Commissioner for CBP Office of Trade: a. develop and implement standard operating procedures for the IPR Division’s official responsibilities and activities, including procedures for developing strategic planning documents and evaluating IPR seizure statistics to measure its strategic planning goals; b. quarterly monitor and document CBP’s progress toward key IPR activities and strategies reported to Congress; c. develop and define and implement a repeatable process for documenting changes to IPR seizure data; d. establish a standard operating procedure for reconciling and reporting IPR seizure data; and e. assign responsibility to trade officials for coordinating the correction of inaccurate IPR seizure data when identified.