The book is dedicated to Ronald R. Polillo, a visionary and globally-renowned transportation security expert in anti-terrorism and force protection. He established national leadership in development of the Aviation Security Technology Integration Plan and its subsequent implementation supporting the United States Aviation System. Ron's contribution is duly recognized by both governmental and business leaders worldwide, and his presence will be sorely missed.
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A distinguished professor and researcher, Dr. Bragdon has been a principal investigator in over $60 million of funded contract research, as well as a consultant to over 150 governmental agencies, governors, the U.S. Congress, the Office of the President, the United Nations, NATO, and major global corporations. Dr. Bragdon has been invited to the Office of the President twice due to his international reputation in intermodal transport safety and security. He also was a consultant to the Office of the Mayor, New York City, and developed a real-time 3-D computer simulation and analysis of the World Trade Center incident. A national transportation and land use planning and security expert on television and radio networks, Dr. Bragdon has appeared on NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, CNN, Cablevision, National Public Radio, and WNYC. Print media activity has included the New York Times, Newsday, the New York Daily News, USA Today, the New York Post, Traffic World, and Commerce Business Daily.
Mr. Tom Jensen is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the National Safe Skies Alliance and National Safe Waterways & Seaports Alliance, headquartered in Alcoa, TN. In 1997 Mr. Jensen was instrumental in founding National Safe Skies Alliance as a nonprofit organization in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Under his leadership the organization administers a multimillion dollar annual grant from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to conduct operational testing and evaluation projects in airports nationwide. In 2003 he founded National Safe Waterways & Seaports Alliance to address the security concerns of our nation's waterways, ports, dams, and locks.
To date, Safe Skies has conducted over 100 operational testing and evaluation projects at more than 35 civil aviation airports nationwide. These projects are in the areas of passenger security checkpoint, checked baggage and cargo access control, biometrics, and perimeter. In addition, Safe Skies preoperationally performs tests and evaluations at its Alcoa, TN, facility. Safe Skies also conducts special projects and applied research, such as site surveys and vulnerability assessments. It also has hosted an annual conference with several federal agencies in Washington, D.C., addressing airports and security systems, technology, and related issues. Presentations have been made by airport and aviation safety and security experts from throughout the world.
Ms. Jo Ram is chief operating officer and vice president of Indusa Global, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. She joined the company in 2000 and has focused all of Indusa's technical and financial resources on developing tourism and national security solutions for clients worldwide. Ms. Ram was an integral part in implementing the first fully biometric-based ePassport with facial scans and fingerprints in the Americas for the government of the Bahamas. This contract with the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs began December 22, 2006. Beside ePassports, it has included machine-readable visas, eIDs, and a deportation and border management system for 38 locations. Indusa Global is also working for the Bahamian Ministries of Tourism and Labour & Immigration, as well as other countries (e.g., Jamaica, Singapore, India, and the United States). She is responsible for increasing Indusa's revenues from $250,000 to over $10 million in 7 years.
Dr. Robert Sewak is the managing director of Viasat Systems, LLC, located in Delray Beach, FL. Prior to this he served as executive vice president and director of Education and Special Projects for AEGIS Technology Companies, Deerfield Beach, FL. His primary focus has been organizing and developing for AEGIS maritime and intermodal cargo security, tracking, surveillance, and monitoring. This has included instituting the PILOT, performance, integration, logistics, and operations test, which represented one of the first comprehensive field trials of end-to-end 24/7 tracking and monitoring of intermodal cargo performed on a real-time basis. This technology is now being utilized for multiple transportation modes as part of safety and security protocols to prevent transportation-related terrorism.
Dr. Sewak has also directed the activities of the Neuro Acoustic Research Centre, where he is responsible for the discovery, creation, and development of a unique audio modality to aid in the betterment of the human condition. He has written two books, contributed chapters to four other books, published 22 professional articles, and participated in many national conferences related to transportation safety and security. Dr. Sewak holds the title of Distinguished Research Professor, in the University College at Florida Institute of Technology. His Ph.D. was completed at the University of Memphis.
Dr. Bragdon has very capably dealt with many of the historical and institutional impediments that have resulted in a stovepipe approach to the subject of security that requires systems integration. Initially institutional biases were advanced by individual modal advocates, at the exclusion of a holistic and integrated transportation model. This laid the foundation for a piecemeal and disjointed problem-solving management approach.
Organizationally, Transportation Security follows a logical sequence. The first section of the book addresses the importance of transportation, the need for a security systems approach (that is presently missing in transportation), the importance of logistics, and then security behaviors (which to date have received little attention). These modal discussions are especially helpful to gain an understanding of several role players (i.e., aviation, maritime, and roadways). The second section then describes the primary modal elements of security, followed by the various technologies currently available. There is an excellent discussion of applied modal container tracking technology as well as command and control. This section investigates interoperability and the situational awareness the military has experienced, and their applicability to civilian counterpart operational centers, including cyber security.
The reader is not left in limbo about solutions and case studies that outline best professional practices, including future approaches. The third section of Transportation Security discusses ways in which transportation is now addressed. Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) is being used extensively by the military and is described in detail, with applicability to civilian logistics as well. It is important to note that much of the AIT and related tracking systems were first applied in the military, and subsequently have been used in other governmental and commercial markets. The important case study of rebuilding Kuwait is presented to demonstrate the complex but organized approach that was used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers following the Gulf War. This critical path methodology is now being employed as lessons learned to assist the post Katrina Hurricane rebuild. One of the most topical chapters addresses immigration and national security, including the newest multifaceted technologies that are being incorporated into passports. Protecting borders with biometrics, RFID implants, surveillance measures, and national identification systems are being examined by every country. This chapter presents secure technologies that just have been implemented in the Caribbean, and specifically, the Bahamas.
The contributing authors have written complementary chapters that make this book an excellent one-stop primer for practicing professionals who are actively involved in preparedness activities at public and private sector levels. Their backgrounds are diverse, and these chapters address essential components to understanding and applying solutions to this problem impacting most nations of the world. The book also has an important place in college and university curriculums that deal with homeland security, national preparedness, and disaster response and recovery.
Food is not equitably available. Deficiencies and generalizations limit national datasets, food security assessments, and interventions. Additional neighborhood level studies are needed to develop a scalable and transferable process to complement national and internationally comparative data sets with timely, granular, nuanced data. Participatory geographic information systems (PGIS) offer a means to address these issues by digitizing local knowledge.
The objectives of this study were two-fold: (i) identify granular locations missing from food source and risk datasets and (ii) examine the relation between the spatial, socio-economic, and agency contributors to food security. Twenty-nine subject matter experts from three cities in Southeastern Virginia with backgrounds in food distribution, nutrition management, human services, and associated research engaged in a participatory mapping process.
Results show that publicly available and other national datasets are not inclusive of non-traditional food sources or updated frequently enough to reflect changes associated with closures, expansion, or new programs. Almost 6 percent of food sources were missing from publicly available and national datasets. Food pantries, community gardens and fridges, farmers markets, child and adult care programs, and meals served in community centers and homeless shelters were not well represented. Over 24 km2 of participant identified need was outside United States Department of Agriculture low income, low access areas. Economic, physical, and social barriers to food security were interconnected with transportation limitations. Recommendations address an international call from development agencies, countries, and world regions for intervention methods that include systemic and generational issues with poverty, incorporate non-traditional spaces into food distribution systems, incentivize or regulate healthy food options in stores, improve educational opportunities, increase data sharing. 2ff7e9595c
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