Ports are critical gateways for the movement of commerce through the global supply chain. According to CBP data, in fiscal year 2012, about 11.5 million cargo container shipments arrived from more than 650 foreign ports-meaning roughly 31,000 maritime container shipments arrived each day that year. The facilities, vessels, and infrastructure within ports, and the cargo passing through them, all have vulnerabilities that terrorists could exploit. Every time responsibility for cargo in containers changes hands along the supply chain there is the potential for a security breach. While there have...

This section provides information on the characteristics of RDD and IND attacks, major cities considered at high risk of terrorist act, core capabilities for all hazards preparedness, and response planning and associated federal guidance in the national preparedness system.

The Aviation and Transportation Security Act established TSA as the federal agency with primary responsibility for securing the nation's civil aviation system, which includes the screening of all passengers and property transported by commercial passenger aircraft.

Larger vessels-such as cruise ships, container ships, and oil and natural gas tankers-can travel among small vessels that operate with little scrutiny or notice, and some of these larger vessels have suffered waterborne attacks overseas by terrorists or pirates who operated from small vessels.

This section describes (1) the federal oil and gas fiscal system, (2) leasing processes, and (3) the history of oil and gas management challenges. Created by Congress in 1849, Interior oversees the nation's publicly owned natural resources including parks, wildlife habitat, and crude oil and natural gas resources on millions of acres onshore and offshore in the waters of the outer continental shelf. With regard to oil and gas in particular, Interior leases federal lands and waters (also referred to as submerged lands), issues permits for oil and gas drilling, and is responsible for ensuring...

SSA's primary mission is to pay benefits under its Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs, in accordance with Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act of 1935 as amended.

DHS's seven operational components, listed along the bottom of figure 1, lead the department's frontline activities. As described in DHS's Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report, the department has five core missions: (1) preventing terrorism and enhancing security, (2) securing and managing our borders, (3) enforcing and administering our immigration laws, (4) safeguarding and securing cyberspace, and (5) ensuring resilience to disasters. 10Federal Financial Accounting Standards No. 4, Managerial Cost Accounting Standards and Concepts, July 31, 1995. In addition to the five missions,...

GSA is responsible for ensuring that federal agencies have access to the telecommunications services and solutions that they need to meet mission requirements. The organization responsible for carrying out these duties is the Integrated Technology Services Office within GSA's Federal Acquisition Service. Within the Integrated Technology Services Office, the Office of Network Services Programs develops and manages programs for federal civilian and military agencies that are intended to deliver costeffective administrative and technical support for telecommunications and network services. To...

The prevalence of in-care communication systems provided by auto manufactures, PNDs, and smart phones has brought significant opportunities for consumers to access location-based serves in their cars.

The Clean Water Act establishes a nationwide approach to improve and maintain the quality of rivers, streams, lakes, and other water bodies, which involves different programs aimed at reducing pollution of the nation's waters. Under this approach, states are to set water quality standards, monitor water quality, and assess water quality against the applicable standards. Through the monitoring and assessment process, states are to identify water bodies that do not meet their standards, and these water bodies are considered to be impaired. Under the act, point source dischargers of pollutants...