WASHINGTON — Don’t be surprised if the U.S. government steps up its Canada-U.S. border-security measures in the very near future.

Only 32 of the 4,000-miles that comprise the U.S.-Canada border are “operationally secure,” according to a recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

The report, which was released earlier this month, says the Obama administration has failed to reinforce the northern crossing against the smuggling of weapons, drugs, illegal immigrants, and currency.

The report cited a lack of coordination among federal law-enforcement officials and said the Department of Homeland Security should take the leading role in upgrading the security of the other 3,968 miles.

The report says the border may be an easy entry point for terrorists because there are fewer agents spread over a vast, largely unpopulated area.

According to one account, the Department of Homeland Security will begin cadging data from Canadian military radar to detect low-flying planes going from Canada to the U. S. with drug.

The shared radar technology has already been used successfully along the Canadian border in Washington State and may be expanded.