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Reports
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Making the Sea Safer: A National Agenda for Maritime Security and Counterterrorism. February 2005.
- This Heritage Foundation report discusses "five critical proposals that must be on the agenda of the Bush Administration and Congress" regarding maritime security.
Source: Heritage Foundation (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: Special Report #03.
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Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Faces Immediate and Long-Term Challenges. July 2008.
- This testimony, by Gerald Dillingham, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, discusses the Transportation Security Administration's progress in enhancing aviation security and in implementing the act's provisions for addressing security weaknesses in aviation and other modes of transportation. The testimony includes observations about (1) what TSA has done since September 11 to strengthen aviation security, (2) what immediate challenges TSA faces to strengthen transportation security, and (3) what longer-term challenges TSA can anticipate as it organizes itself to enhance security in all modes of transportation.
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-02-971T.
See Also -
Aviation Security :
Border Security
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Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation Security Programs, but More Work Remains. July 2008.
- "Since its inception in November 2001, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has focused much of its efforts on aviation security, and has developed and implemented a variety of programs and procedures to secure the commercial aviation system. TSA funding for aviation security has totaled about $26 billion since fiscal year 2004. This testimony focuses on TSA's efforts to secure the commercial aviation system through passenger screening, strengthening air cargo security, and watch-list matching programs, as well as challenges that remain. It also addresses crosscutting issues that have impeded TSA's efforts in strengthening security. This testimony is based on GAO reports and testimonies issued from February 2004 through July 2008 including selected updates obtained from TSA officials in June and July 2008."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-08-1024T.
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Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration May Face Resource and Other Challenges in Developing a System to Screen All Cargo Transported on Passenger Aircraft. July 2008.
- "The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to implement a system to physically screen 100 percent of cargo on passenger aircraft by August 2010. To fulfill these requirements, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) TSA is developing the Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP), which would allow the screening of cargo to occur prior to placement on an aircraft. This testimony addresses four challenges TSA may face in developing a system to screen 100 percent of cargo: (1) deploying effective technologies; (2) changing TSA air cargo screening exemptions; (3) allocating compliance inspection resources to oversee CCSP participants; and (4) securing cargo transported from a foreign nation to the United States. GAO's comments are based on GAO products issued from October 2005 through February 2008, including selected updates conducted in July 2008."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-08-959T.
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Transportation Security: Transportation Security Administration has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation and Surface Tranportation Security Programs, but More Work Remains. May 2008.
- "Since its inception, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has focused much of its efforts on aviation security, and has developed and implemented a variety of programs and procedures to secure commercial aviation. More recently, TSA has taken actions to secure the nation's surface transportation modes. TSA funding for aviation security has totaled about $26 billion since fiscal year 2004, and for surface transportation security activities, about $175 million since fiscal year 2005. This testimony focuses on TSA's efforts to secure the commercial aviation system through passenger screening, air cargo, and watch-list matching programs--and the nation's surface transportation modes. It also addresses challenges remaining in these areas. GAO's comments are based on GAO products issued from February 2004 through April 2008 including selected updates obtained in February through April 2008."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-08-487T.
See Also -
Aviation Security :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation Security Programs, but More Work Remains. February 2008.
- "Transportation Security Administration (TSA) funding for aviation security has totaled about $26 billion since fiscal year 2004. This testimony focuses on TSA's efforts to secure the commercial aviation system through passenger screening, air cargo, and watch-list matching programs, and challenges remaining in these areas. GAO's comments are based on GAO products issued between February 2004 and April 2007, including selected updates in February 2008. This testimony also addresses TSA's progress in developing the Secure Flight program, based on work conducted from August 2007 to January 2008. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed systems development, privacy, and other documentation, and interviewed Department of Homeland Security (DHS), TSA, and contractor officials."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-08-456T.
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Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Transportation Security: Issues for the 110th Congress. August 2007.
- "The vulnerability of passenger rail systems to terrorist attacks is well documented. Steps that can be taken to reduce the risks and consequences of an attack include vulnerability assessments, emergency planning, and emergency response training and drilling of transit personnel, ideally in coordination with police, fire, and emergency medical personnel. A leading issue with regard to securing truck, rail, and waterborne cargo is the desire of government authorities to track a given freight shipment at any time, particularly the tracking of marine containers as they are trucked to and from seaports. Security experts believe this is a particularly vulnerable point in the container supply chain. Debate over who should pay for cargo security, government or industry, and whether mandates or guidelines are the best approach to ensure industry's due diligence in protecting their supply chains are other leading issues. Hazardous materials (hazmat) transportation raises numerous security issues."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33512.
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Federal Efforts to Secure U.S.-Bound Air Cargo Are in the Early Stages and Could Be Strengthened. April 2007.
- "This report examines the actions DHS has taken to secure inbound air cargo, and how these efforts could be strengthened; practices the air cargo industry and foreign governments have adopted that could enhance DHS's efforts to strengthen inbound air cargo security; and to what extent DHS has worked with foreign governments to enhance their air cargo security efforts. "
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-07-660.
See Also -
Aviation Security :
Border Security
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Aviation Operational Threat Response Plan. March 2007.
- The report issued by the Department of Homeland Security outlines the Aviation Operational Threat Response Plan, which is designed to "[enhance] our capability to achieve coordinated, unified, timely, and effective planning and mission accomplishment to counter those threats that require immediate aviation response actions". Additionally this plan "directs the coordination, as appropriate, of the United States Government operational response to terrorist, criminal, and hostile state threats to, or attacks against, the United States and its interests in the Air Domain". The report focuses on the roles and contributions of all relevant government agencies in working together to design and implement this plan.
Source: Department of Homeland Security, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Aviation Security :
Homeland Security
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National Strategy for Aviation Security. March 2007.
- This report covers the recommendations of the White House towards aviation security, including: an overview of threats, discussions on strategic objectives and actions, and discussions of the responsibilites of each executive branch department.
Source: White House, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Aviation Security :
National Strategies
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Privacy Impact Assessment for the Tactical Information Sharing System. March 2007.
- This report issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pertains to the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Tacticle Information Sharing System (TISS). Specifically, the document discusses by what rights the TSA is allowed to collect this information, outlining what type of information is collected and who does the collecting. Additionally, the report contains a section describing the "uses of the system and the information". The report's main characteristic is to convey how the TSA manages and operates its information sharing systems to protect and deter criminal activity related to transportation.
Source: Department of Homeland Security, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
See Also -
Aviation Security :
Information Sharing and Analysis :
Security for Business and Private Citizens
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Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts. February 2007.
- "This testimony is based primarily on GAO's September 2005 passenger rail security report and selected program updates obtained in January 2007. Specifically, it addressees (1) the extent to which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has assessed the risks facing the U.S. passenger rail system and developed a strategy based on risk assessments for securing all modes of transportation, including passenger rail."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-07-459T.
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Security for Business and Private Citizens
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Maritime Security: Potential Terrorist Attacks and Protection Priorities. January 2007.
- "The report illustrates credible maritime attack scenarios based on actual past attacks or potential attacks developed for maritime security exercises or other U.S. counter terrorism activities. It discusses the challenge to maritime security planners of facing a virtually unlimited number of potential attack scenarios and how certain federal programs address this challenge. It also reviews various perspectives on the overall likelihood of maritime terror attacks on the United States. Finally the report discusses implications for homeland security policy."
Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), United States (All by Source). Report Number: RL33787.
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Border Security
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Freedom and Information: Assessing Publicly Available Data Regarding U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Security. 2007.
- "This report concerns the feasibility of obtaining information relevant to planning terrorist attacks from publicly available sources." It details how these publicly a vailable sources could help terrorists plan attacks on transportation infrastructure.
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website).
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Information Security/Technology :
Information Sharing and Analysis
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15.
Securing America's Passenger-Rail Systems. 2007.
- "The goal of the study on which this book reports was to develop a framework for security planners and policymakers that can be used to guide cost-effective rail security planning. The security analyzed in this book specifically addresses the risk of terrorism. As described more fully in Chapter Three, risk is a function of threat (presence of terrorists with intent, weapons, and capability to attack), vulnerability (likelihood of damage at a target, given an attack), and consequences (nature and scale of damage if an attack succeeds). While effective security solutions may address all three components of risk, this book focuses on addressing vulnerabilities and limiting consequences, since these are the two components of risk most within the realm of rail-security personnel. The study focused on passenger, as opposed to freight, rail systems. Because of the tremendous variation in the types of rail systems and the desire not to reveal the specific security measures of any one rail system, the analysis is based on a notional rail system that characterizes rail systems typically found in the United States."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: MG-705.
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Transportation Security Administration's Office of Intelligence: Responses to Posthearing Questions Regarding Secure Flight. August 2006.
- This report discusses "information related to the subcommittee's June 14, 2006, hearing on the progress and challenges of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Office of Intelligence."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-06-1051R.
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Aviation Security: TSA Has Strengthened Efforts to Plan for the Optimal Deployment of Checked Baggage Screening Systems, but Funding Uncertainties Remain. June 2006.
- This testimony "discusses TSA's (1) deployment of EDS [explosive detection systems] and ETD [explosive trace detection] systems and the identified benefits of in-line systems, and (2) planning for the optimal deployment of checked baggage screening systems and efforts to identify funding and financing options."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-06-875T.
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Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Report of the 7 July Review Committee. June 2006.
- "This report presents the findings of a review conducted by a cross-party committee of the London Assembly, the body that is elected to hold the Mayor of London to account and investigate issues of importance to London and Londoners (though clearly, as in this case, some of the issues we investigate are of national significance). The purpose of this report is to identify some of the lessons to be learnt from the response to the 7 July attacks, and to make recommendations to improve the response to any future major or catastrophic incident in London." Volume 2 is available here. Volume 3 is available here.
Source: United Kingdom Government (All by Source). Large File: 2.2+ Mb.
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Emergency Management :
First Responders :
Lessons Learned :
London Bombings :
Major Reports :
Public Health :
Terrorist Events and Activities
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Report of the 7 July Review Committee - Volume 2: Views and information from organizations. June 2006.
- This volume discusses views and information from organizations regarding the 7 July 2005 bombings in London. Volume 3 is available here. The main report is available here and its summary follows. "This report presents the findings of a review conducted by a cross-party committee of the London Assembly, the body that is elected to hold the Mayor of London to account and investigate issues of importance to London and Londoners (though clearly, as in this case, some of the issues we investigate are of national significance). The purpose of this report is to identify some of the lessons to be learnt from the response to the 7 July attacks, and to make recommendations to improve the response to any future major or catastrophic incident in London."
Source: United Kingdom Government (All by Source). Large File: 1.6+ Mb.
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Emergency Management :
First Responders :
Lessons Learned :
London Bombings :
Major Reports :
Public Health :
Terrorist Events and Activities
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Report of the 7 July Review Committee - Volume 3: Views and information from individuals. June 2006.
- This volume discusses views and information from individuals regarding the 7 July 2005 bombings in London. Volume 2 is available here. The main report is available here and its summary follows. "This report presents the findings of a review conducted by a cross-party committee of the London Assembly, the body that is elected to hold the Mayor of London to account and investigate issues of importance to London and Londoners (though clearly, as in this case, some of the issues we investigate are of national significance). The purpose of this report is to identify some of the lessons to be learnt from the response to the 7 July attacks, and to make recommendations to improve the response to any future major or catastrophic incident in London."
Source: United Kingdom Government (All by Source).
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Emergency Management :
First Responders :
Lessons Learned :
London Bombings :
Major Reports :
Public Health :
Terrorist Events and Activities
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