1. School Transportation Security, Strategy, Plans and Programs
Presented by
Stephen Joyce, TVC Branch
Highway and Motor Carrier Division
Transportation Security Administration
July 8, 2009
In this briefing, we will provide you with several programs and initiatives relating to TSA Highway and Motor Carrier security.
First, we will provide you with an overview of the structure of TSA and the Highway and Motor Carrier Program Office.
Then, we will provide a snapshot of the complexity and diversity of the highway and motor carrier landscape.
Next, we will provide you with a background on each of the highway and motor carrier’s branches and their projects.
We will conclude with our contact information and answer any questions that you might have.
Hank Suderman Collection

2. HighwaySecurity Process Planning Implementation
Highway & Motor Carrier Four Security Pillars
HighwaySecurity Process 1 2 3 4
Assessment
Security Plan
Exercises
Training
Planning Implementation
Lessons Learned
Assistance/Compliance

3. Highway Programs: The Landscape
Infrastructure
& Licensing
Highway Infrastructure Security Action Items
CSR
Guide on ID Bridge Threats
DOT MOU CDLIS
Smartbook
TSSP
Info Sharing
Plan (9/11)
NSTS
DOT 9/11 MOU
CDL HME
Top 100 Bridges
Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Management Workshops
Security Tech Info Sharing Program (9/11)
NCHRP
License Plate Reader
TSA Alerts System
HSIN
HMC Webpage
HMC Conferences
GCC/SCC
IP & EM Workshops
HMC Newsletter and Conference Calls
CDL HME STA’s
Motor Carrier
Hazmat Motor Carrier Security Action Items
CSR
9/11 Industry Assessment
CDL HME STA’s
Security
Directives
TSSP &
NSTS
Info Sharing Plan (9/11)
IStep Exercise
Program
DOT 9/11
MOU
9/11 SSM Shipment Tracking Program
Hazmat Supply Chain Study
Hazmat Driver
FLETC
Motor Carrier Security Specialist Training
Hazmat Self
Assessment
9/11 SSM Tracking
TSA Alerts System
HSIN
HMC Webpage
HMC Conferences
GCC/SCC
Brochures & Posters
HM 232
Universal
CDL Vetting
First Observer ISAC
Motor Coach
9/11 OTR Bus Vulnerability
Assessments & Security Plans
OTR Bus SAI
CSR
9/11 Intercity Bus Grant
Universal CDL Vetting
Security
Directives
TSSP &
NSTS
9/11 Exercise Program
SEPP
9/11 DOT MOU
Volpe Industry Vulnerability Study
Operation Secure Transport
9/11 Over-the-Road Bus Training Program
9/11 OTR Bus Security R&D
TSA Alerts System
HSIN
HMC Webpage
HMC Conferences
GCC/SCC
Bus Public Awareness Program (9/11)
Brochures & Posters
9/11 Risk Assessment & Security Plans Program
9/11 Training Program
9/11 Info Sharing Plan
School Bus
School Transportation Security Action Items
CSR
9/11 Industry Security Assessment
Universal
CDL Vetting
Security Directives
TSSP
Info Sharing
Plan (9/11)
IStep Exercise
Program
NSTS
DOT 9/11 MOU
School Transportation Industry Vulnerability Assessment (9/11)
School Transportation Security Awareness
Security Tech Info Sharing Program (9/11)
TSA Alerts System
HSIN
HMC Webpage
HMC Conferences
GCC/SCC
HMC Newsletter and Conference Calls
Brochures & Posters
Programs
Training
Guidelines/ Standards
Risk Management & Grants
Exercises, Plans, Policy
Awareness (Domain)
Technology RDT&E
Information Sharing
First Observer/ISAC

4. Highway Industry Core Security Requirements
What: Requirements for Highway Transportation Industries to have Vulnerability Assessments, Security Plans, Training and Exercise Programs
Current State:
DOT has requirements for Hazmat Operators for Assessments, Security Plans and Training under HM 232
9/11 requirement for regulations on Motorcoach industry requiring vulnerability assessments and security plans, training and exercise programs
Needs:
Proposed regulations for DHS to require vulnerability assessments, security plans, training and exercises for specific modes of the highway transportation system (i.e. motorcoach, hazmat trucks)
Proposed legislative change to Patriot Act for DHS to establish a list of security sensitive materials 4 4

5. School Transportation Risk Assessment
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (P.L , Section 1538):
School Bus Security Risk Assessment — TSA is to complete an assessment of the risk of a terrorist attack on the nation’s school bus transportation system.
Public and private operating systems
Assess current actions by industry to ID security risks
Assess if additional actions are necessary to improve security
Consult with school systems, school bus industry, public safety, law enforcement, and labor organizations
2. Assessment Update
Report has been drafted and is undergoing review and approval at TSA.

6. School Transportation Security Planning
Tools to Assist You in Security Planning:
School Transportation Security Awareness (STSA)
Topics include:
Joint Planning Between Organizations
Leadership Issues in Relation to Security Planning
Security Emergency Preparedness Plan (SEPP)
Developed with Motorcoach Industry
Includes basics common to passenger carrier industry
Universal Security Template
Developed at TSA
Overall template can be used by all highway transportation operators
Currently in Draft

7. School Transportation Security Planning Guidance
Draft Security Action Items (SAIs) might include:
Implement key control system for buses that require a key start and for company facilities
Implement a method for locating school buses including real-time information (such as GPS)
Conduct a security-focused inspection of all school buses in coordination with the required safety inspections.
Provide continual security training of frontline employees
Implement contingency planning including recovery plans.
Restrict access to controlled information
Work with local communities, including emergency and police personnel to ensure good relationships
Implement employee identification procedures for display on property and in buses
Ensure school bus on-board communication with dispatchers for routine and emergency incidents

8. School Transportation Security Planning Guidance
Other SAIs for transportation planning in general include:
Implement security plan;
Follow risk management methodology;
Designate an individual with overall responsibility such as a security coordinator;
Implement a security awareness program;
Conduct exercises;
Review critical assets and infrastructure;
Maintain communication capability; and
Conduct background checks on all drivers.

9. School Transportation Security Training
School Transportation Security Awareness (STSA) Training
Developed by TSA in conjunction with NASDPTS, NAPT, and NSTA to provide security awareness information and training to the school transportation industry.
Provides school bus drivers, administrators, and staff members with information to effectively identify and report perceived security threats, as well as the skills to appropriately react and respond to security incidents.
STSA includes web-based self study modules and is offered by TSA at no cost to any school transportation entity that requests it.
Distributed over 8,900 DVDs to approximately 900 school districts, emergency management offices, emergency response agencies and state DOT offices that are registered for the STSA program 9 9

10. School Transportation Security Training
School Transportation Security Awareness (STSA) Training (Cont’d)
STSA training topics include:
Terrorism and Terrorists Defined;
Identifying Security Threats and Security Incidents;
Potential Weapons and Probability of Use;
Leadership Issues in Relation to Security Planning; and
Joint Planning Between Organizations.
DVDs can be ordered at 10 10

11. School Transportation Security Exercises
TSA and the Highway and Motor Carrier Division are developing the Intermodal Security Training and Exercise Program (I-STEP).
Currently planning two Fiscal Year 2009 School Transportation tabletop exercises in Columbus, Ohio in June and Greensboro, NC in July 2009
Will include all highway modes (infrastructure, motorcoach, school transportation and trucking)
Will eventually include multiple exercise types (e.g. regional and national table-top, individual inter-active on-line, live functional exercises)
2010 in planning phase but will average 1-2 exercises per month covering all highway modes 11 11

12. Assistance/Compliance
Corporate Security Review Program:
What: A voluntary review and validation of corporate or state government security plans and processes
Why: Expand TSA’s domain awareness and use data collected to assess highway security posture
Status: Highway and Motor Carrier has conducted over 170 CSRs.
Future: TSA will provide a security plan template, develop security policies (effective practices) and share with the stakeholders.
* Set of 77 questions; 10 security areas
* “Walk the Plan” to ensure measures are followed
* Conducted on site – state DOT, company, critical asset

13. Domain Awareness Domain Awareness:
HMC Security Awareness brochures, tip cards and posters for security partners in the trucking, motorcoach, school transportation and infrastructure industries
School Bus Domain Awareness Guide
First Observer Program:
* Set of 77 questions; 10 security areas
* “Walk the Plan” to ensure measures are followed
* Conducted on site – state DOT, company, critical asset

14. Information Sharing Information Sharing:
TSA website and DHS Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN)
HMC Tele-Conference Calls – Quarterly calls with each sub-mode in HMC
HMC Regional Security Exercises
Great Lakes/Northeast: Columbus, Ohio – June 25
Mid-Atlantic Region: Greensboro, NC – July 23
Government Coordinating Council (GCC) and Sector Coordinating Council (SCC)
* Set of 77 questions; 10 security areas
* “Walk the Plan” to ensure measures are followed
* Conducted on site – state DOT, company, critical asset

15. The Way Forward
Implementation of the Executive Order on Surface Transportation Security signed December 2006
Implementation of the TS SSP Highway and Motor Carrier Annex signed May 2007
Complete Security Assessment of nation’s school transportation industry
Develop Exercise Program for all HMC modes
Implement security programs such as Corporate Security Reviews
School Transportation Security Awareness Program
Security Action Items

16. Highway & Motor Carrier POCs
Bill Arrington, General Manager
Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division
Office: (571)
Ray Cotton, Assistant General Manager
Highway and Motor Carrier Security Division
Office: (571)
Steve Sprague, Branch Chief
Licensing, Infrastructure & Passenger Carrier Branch
Office: (571)
Phil Forjan, Branch Chief
Truck and Motor Carrier Branch
Office: (571)
Bud Hunt, Branch Chief
Threat, Vulnerability, and Consequence Branch
Office:
Paul Pitzer, Branch Chief
Policy, Planning and Stakeholder Coordination Branch
Office:
Website: