Port of Long Beach Hosts Situational Awareness Exercise
Public, military and private sector leaders met to discuss how the Port of Long Beach (PoLB) model of a surface and subsurface situational awareness network can be a template for other ports to help increase America's resilience during the first 72 hours of a national or large-scale crisis, informs the ReadyCommunities Partnership (RCP). The RCP Military Base and Port Community Resiliency Initiative Hon. Chairman is Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (pictured) and the Initiative Hon. Co-Chairman is Hon. Asa Hutchinson.
Military Base and Port Community Resiliency Initiative
Leaders from key sectors of the Greater New Orleans region will meet on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 to address gaps in national domestic response capability by including regional best practices as part of a template to be shared by America's strategic military base and port communities. The symposium will include National Service Awards presentations, with special guest LTG Russel L. Honore’ (U.S. Army, ret.) as the keynote speaker. The symposium will be attended by leaders from area ports, U.S. Coast Guard, police and responders, National Guard, private and community sector leaders including Capt. Peter Gautier, Commander of the US Coast Guard Sector New Orleans…
Senators Urge Tracking of Containers from Points of Origin
Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) issued a Press Release urging the Department of Homeland Security to improve U.S. border protection by tracking containers being shipped to the United States from their points of origin. The senators also released a copy of the Letter they sent to Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, explaining their concerns in greater detail.
DHS Provide Ports with $179M in Grants
As part of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to enhancing security at our nation's key ports and facilities, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge has announced $179,025,900 million dollars in Port Security Grants. The Port Security Grant Program provides resources for security planning and projects to improve dockside and perimeter security which is vital to securing our critical national seaports. These new awards will contribute to important security upgrades like new patrol boats in the harbor, surveillance equipment and the construction of new command and control facilities. This grant program represents one layer of the Department of Homeland Security's system of defenses for our nation's ports that includes monitoring the people…
Biometric Devices Sought for NYC Passenger Ship Terminal
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) sent a Letter to Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security, recommending that biometric devices be installed at the New York City Passenger Ship Terminal. Source: HK Law
Dept. of Homeland Security Officially Established
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Hearing Examines Containers
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee conducted a Hearing on Cargo Container Security
Statement of Asa Hutchinson to Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee
The Senate Committee on Appropriations released the Statement of Asa Hutchinson