Transportation Security Administration officials have awarded a $1.62 million contract for development of a prototype security system for ports that could provide the basis for an extensive information-sharing network throughout the Northwest and beyond. TSA officials gave the grant to the Regional Maritime Security Coalition (RMSC), based in Portland, Ore., to create a multiagency Cargo Information Action Center covering 22 ports on the Columbia/Snake River System stretching from Astoria, Ore., on the Pacific coast, to Lewiston, Idaho. The regional coalition is a nonprofit organization comprising the Oregon Emergency Management Center in Salem, Ore., and several shipping companies and port authorities. The secure communication bridge that links all of the participants in the coalition uses the Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security.Full Story
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