Highway infrastructure: federal efforts to strengthen security should be better coordinated and targeted on the nation's most critical infrastructure

The United States highway transportation system is vast and open—vehicles and their operators can move freely and with almost no restrictions. Securing the U.S. highway infrastructure system is a responsibility shared by federal, state and local government, and the private sector. Within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has primary responsibility for ensuring the security of the sector. GAO was asked to assess the progress DHS has made in securing the nation's highway infrastructure. This report addresses the extent to which federal entities have conducted and coordinated risk assessments; DHS has developed a risk-based strategy; and stakeholders, such as state and local transportation entities, have taken voluntary actions to secure highway infrastructure — and the degree to which DHS has monitored such actions. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed risk assessment results and TSA's documented security strategy, and conducted interviews with highway stakeholders.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0957.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  United States. Government Accountability Office

  Washington, DC   

  United States. Government Accountability Office

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• Publication Date: 2009-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 79p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Infrastructure; Management; Policy; Risk assessment; Security; Transportation operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transport management and Security
• ATRI Terms: Infrastructure; Policy; Risk assessment; Security; Transport management; Transport network
• ITRD Terms: 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Policy; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01383880
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO-09-57
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 3:59PM