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Deterrence, Protection, and Preparation The New Transportation Security Imperative -- Special Report 270 (2002) / Chapter Skim
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4 Advice to TSA on Strategic Research and Planning
Pages 40-45

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... Whereas most of the act's provisions deal exclusively with civil avia tion, TSA is also assigned a broader security mandate -- affecting all transport modes -- that includes the following statutory responsibilities: Receive, assess, and distribute intelligence information related to trans portation security; Assess threats to transportation; Develop policies, strategies, and plans for dealing with threats to trans portation security; Make other plans related to transportation security, including coordination of countermeasures with appropriate departments and agencies; Serve as the primary liaison for transportation security to the intelligence and law enforcement communities; Enforce security-related regulations and requirements; Inspect, maintain, and test security facilities, equipment, and systems; Ensure the adequacy of security measures for the transportation of cargo; and Identify and undertake R&D activities necessary to enhance transporta tion security. The many new and challenging aviation-related operational and implemen tation requirements set forth in the act are understandably consuming much 40
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From page 41...
... CREATING A STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND PLANNING CAPACITY TSA should establish a strategic research and planning office -- attuned to, but distinct from, the agency's operational and enforcement responsibili ties -- that will work with DOT, the modal agencies, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and other elements of the public and private sectors on security system research, planning, and deployment. Having a strong analytic capability to undertake systems planning and risk assessment, this office could Devise and evaluate alternative security system concepts for the different modes of transportation through collaboration with public- and private sector owners, operators, and users, and through the application of opera tions research and human factors expertise; Ensure that gaps do not exist in security planning and preparation because of the narrow purview, perspectives, and knowledge of individual modal agencies and owners, operators, and users of transportation systems;
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... The recommended office would also need to interact closely with other federal agencies (such as the Coast Guard, Customs Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Immigration and Naturaliza tion Service) in domains of responsibility integral to transportation; with international standards-setting bodies (such as the International Civil Avia tion Organization, World Customs Organization, and International Maritime Organization)
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... The modal agencies within DOT, as well as other federal agencies with responsibility for security functions related to transportation (such as the Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service) , have mis sions ranging from safety assurance to revenue collection and drug interdic tion.
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... TSA should establish an in house research capacity to undertake such concept evaluations and to sup port its own large security operations and technology acquisition programs. At the same time, the agency should adopt a broader, architect-like role in promoting and marshaling R&D to advance these security systems, espe cially by tapping into the security-related R&D of other government agen cies, the broader transportation community, universities, research institu tions, and the private sector.
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... An example is the Highway Innovation Technology Evaluation Center, created with seed 1 money from the Federal Highway Administration and managed by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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