At a news conference the National Press Club, two leaders representing America’s public seaports expressed their concerns about the Administration’s recommended changes to the Department of Homeland Security’s Port Security Grant program and under-funding of the portion of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works program that provides needed navigation access to ports. Representing the American Association of Port Authorities at the news conference will be Kurt Nagle, president and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), and Bernard Groseclose, president and CEO of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, who is also this year’s AAPA chairman. Infrastructure Protection program (TIP). needs to be increased, not reprogrammed and diluted,” said AAPA’s Mr. Nagle.