MARITIME SECURITY: The SAFE Port Act: Status and

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Implementation One Year Later

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United States Government Accountability Office

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Federal agencies have improved overall port security efforts by establishing committees to share

information with local port stakeholders, taking steps to establish interagency operations centers to

monitor port activities, conducting operations such as harbor patrols and vessel escorts, writing

port-level plans to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks, testing such plans through exercises,

and assessing the security at foreign ports. However, these agencies face resource constraints

and other challenges trying to meet the SAFE Port Act’s requirements to expand these activities.

For example, the Coast Guard faces budget constraints in trying to expand its current command

centers and include other agencies at the centers.