Strategies and Plans Department of Transportation (DoT) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Airways MANPADS Threat Highways Bridges, Dams, and Tunnels

Railways Mass Transit U.S. Coast Guard Ports, Harbors, and Rivers Links

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Strategies and Plans

• see national security strategies - all of them - on the AWC Gateway to the Internet

• Maritime
  • National Plan to Achieve Maritime Domain Awareness for The National Strategy for Maritime Security (local copy), Oct 2005 - discusses the supporting implementation plans:
    • National Plan to Achieve Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)
    • Global Maritime Intelligence Integration Plan
    • Maritime Operational Threat Response Plan
    • International Outreach and Coordination Strategy
    • Maritime Infrastructure Recovery Plan
    • Maritime Transportation System Security Plan
    • Maritime Commerce Security Plan
    • Domestic Outreach Plan
  • The National Strategy for Maritime Security (local copy), Sep 2005
    • NSPD 41/HSPD 13 National Strategy for Maritime Security Supporting Plans
  • National Strategy for Maritime Security Implementation Plans, HSPD-13 (aka NSPD-41)
  • U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Strategy for Homeland Security, Dec 2002 (local copy)

• The National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets, Feb 2003 (local copy, single PDF file)

Department of Transportation (DoT)

• Department of Transportation home page
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA), within DoT

• DoT news page, including component offices for air, sea, and land
• Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DoT -- includes innovation, emergency transportation, pipeline safety, hazmat safety, etc.
• 9-11 Quick Answers
• DoT's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
• National Security Strategic Goal, DoT, "DOT's national security strategies show how we will address security threats that have existed for a long time as well as threats that have emerged more recently."
  • DOT will employ six key strategies to achieve our National Security outcomes. We will:
    • 1) take several steps to protect the transportation system from security threats;
    • 2) secure the borders of the United States;
    • 3) foster public awareness and acceptance of transportation security;
    • 4) promote international standards for transportation security;
    • 5) support the development of new security technologies; and
    • 6) share timely information on security issues with stakeholders.
• 30 Oct 2001 comments by Transportation Secretary, at National Transportation Security Summit

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), home page
• NTSB, Aviation Accident Tables
• NTSB, Pipelines & Hazardous Material
• Reporting an Aviation Accident to the NTSB
• NTSB Accident Reports and Studies -- on Transportation, Pipeline, and Hazmat Incidents
  • Aviation Accident Reports, Fifty Most Recent Reports, NTSB
  • Highway Accident Reports, NTSB
  • Marine Accident Reports, NTSB
  • Pipeline Accident Reports, NTSB
  • Hazardous Materials Accident Reports, NTSB
  • Railroad Accident Reports, NTSB

Airways

• FAA home page
• Enhanced Airplane Security Program
• Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC), real-time airport status page, FAA
• Civil Aviation Security, FAA
  • External Security, includes programs for foreign airport assessment, foreign air carrier security, dangerous goods, aviation explosives detection, etc.
  • Federal Air Marshal (FAM) Program, FAA
  • FAA Civil Aviation Security Strategic Plan

• Civil Air Patrol (CAP), civilian Auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, over 60,000 members and more than 500 aircraft, involved in search and rescue operations
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)

• Air Transport Intelligence (ATI), online information service, requires password

Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) threat to aviation

• DoD FY04 budget justification for counter-MANPADS effort (local copy) - includes numbers, threat, various counter strategies, etc.

• Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA), State Department
  • The MANPADS Menace: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems, State Department, 20 Sep 2005

• Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Programs Countering Missile Threats to Commercial Aircraft, Dept of Homeland Security

• other counter-MANPADS resources

Highways

• Federal Highway Administration, home page
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• Bridge Division home page, Federal Highway Administration, includes tunnels
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) home page

Bridges, Dams, and Tunnels

• Bridge Division home page, Federal Highway Administration, includes tunnels
• Tunnel Engineering, Federal Highway Administration
• National Inventory of Dams, available in several different database formats, from the US Army Corps of Engineers
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• US Army Corps of Engineers, Interagency and Intergovernmental Support Program, reimbursable support to non-DoD entities

Railways

• Federal Railroad Administration, DoT
• AMTRAK

Mass Transit

• Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
• FTA Office of Safety and Security "concerned with matters relating to the safety and security of our nation's mass transit systems"
• FTA, Crime Prevention and Anti-Terrorism research "will demonstrate innovative security technologies, system design, and rail and bus vehicle security enhancements"
• FTA Railroad Safety page

U.S. Coast Guard

• U.S. Coast Guard home page
  • Responsible for maritime Homeland Security out to 500NM off shore
• U.S. Coast Guard news on Homeland Security
• Challenges Facing the Coast Guard as it Transitions to the New Department, GAO report

Ports, Harbors, and Rivers

• U.S. Coast Guard news on Homeland Security
• Maritime Administration, Dept of Transportation, including advisories on maritime danger, security, etc.
• DoD Directive 5100.78, United States Port Security Program (local copy)
• Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
• American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) "over 300 sustaining and associate members, firms and individuals with an interest in seaports of the Western Hemisphere"
• National Inventory of Dams, available in several different database formats, from the US Army Corps of Engineers

Links

• Transportation Research Board (TRB)
  • Transportation System Security

• Military Mobility Resources

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