Protecting Transportation
Implementing Security Policies and Programs
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Protecting Transportation: Implementing Security Policies and Programs provides a thorough overview of transportation security in the United States, with a focus on policy. The book coversall major transportation modes and puts the American security system into perspective against other national and international systems. Author R. William Johnstone, a transportation security expert and member of the 9/11 Commission staff, discusses how the current transportation security system came to be and how it is performing. Whether you are a current or aspiring transportation security professional, a policymaker, or an engaged citizen, Johnstone’s presentation equips you to understand today’s issues and debates on a problem that affects every member of the global community. Transportation security has evolved in the years since 9/11 from a relatively modest, sporadic undertaking into a multi-billion dollar enterprise employing tens of thousands. Protecting Transportation describes how that system is organized, funded, and implemented.
Key Features
- Fosters critical thinking by reviewing the development and evaluation of key transportation security programs
- Clarifies security issues in the context of civil liberties, federal spending, and terrorist incidents in the United States and globally
- Considers the “inputs” of security policy, including laws, regulations, and programs; and the “outcomes,” such as enforcement, effectiveness metrics, and workforce morale
Readership
security professionals; government officials and national policy-makers; students in Homeland Security, Security, and Government programs; analysts and researchers
Table of Contents
- Digital Assets
- Introduction
- 1: Transportation Security Before 9/11/01
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Pre-9/11 Maritime Security
- Pre-9/11 Land Transportation Security
- Pre-9/11 Aviation Security
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 2: The 9/11 Watershed
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Transportation Security in 2001
- 9/11
- Security Response to 9/11
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 3: Transportation Systems and Security Risks
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Transportation Systems
- Attacks on Transportation Systems Since 2001
- Risk Management
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 4: Transportation Security Roles and Responsibilities
- Abstract
- Introduction
- International
- United States
- Other Nations
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 5: Transportation Security Policymaking
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Authorizing Legislation
- Federal Budget Process
- Appropriations Legislation
- Presidential Directives and Nominations
- Federal Regulation
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 6: Implementing Maritime Security
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Port and Vessel Security
- Supply Chain Security
- Maritime Domain Awareness and Intelligence
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 7: Implementing Land Transportation Security
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Mass Transit and Passenger Rail
- Freight Rail
- Highway Infrastructure and Motor Carriers
- Pipelines
- Information Sharing and Intelligence
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 8: Implementing Aviation Security
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Commercial Aviation
- Air Cargo
- General Aviation
- Intelligence and Information Sharing
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 9: Evaluating Transportation Security
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Department of Homeland Security Performance Measurement
- Independent Assessments
- Congressional Oversight
- Workforce Morale
- Public Opinion
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- 10: Transportation Security in Context
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Economics
- Privacy
- Budgetary Constraints
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Conclusion
- Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 398
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2015
- Published: January 28, 2015
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124081017
- eBook ISBN: 9780124079281
About the Author
R Johnstone
R. William Johnstone served on the staff of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) after working for over 20 years as a Congressional staff member. He is the author of 9/11 and the Future of Transportation Security (2006), Bioterror: Anthrax, Influenza, and the Future of Public Health Security (2008, paperback edition to be published in 2015), and the homeland security section of the annual A Unified Security Budget for the United States (2007-2012). He is the co-author of the monograph “Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security, staff report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States” (2004), and a contributor to The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (2004). In his time as a Congressional staff member, Johnstone served as legislative director for U.S. Senators Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D-GA) and Max Cleland (D-GA). Mr. Johnstone grew up in Atlanta, GA and attended Emory University. He currently lives in Rockville, MD with his wife and son, and is a consultant and writer on homeland security matters.
Affiliations and Expertise
Fellow, George Mason University Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., USA