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Security Reviews (CSRs) of trucking companies to understand each carrier's ability to protect its critical assets, aid in developing security program guidelines and strengthen the overall supply chain. In addition to asking questions, TSA conducts on-site visits to review the company’s security prac...

Security Reviews (CSRs) of trucking companies to understand each carrier's ability to protect its critical assets, aid in developing security program guidelines and strengthen the overall supply chain. In addition to asking questions, TSA conducts on-site visits to review the company’s security practices and vulnerabilities and offers suggested best practices. The CSR program has been merged into TSA’s broader Intermodal Security Training and Exercise (I-STEP), which provides exercise, training, and security planning tools and services to the broader transportation community. In August 2006, DHS established Government Coordinating Councils for 17 Critical Infrastructure/Key Resource sectors including the Highway and Motor Carrier sector. A month later, private sector owners and operators of highway and motor carrier assets and their representative associations formed a counterpart Highway and Motor Carrier Sector Coordinating Council (HMC-SCC), of which ATA 1s a member. In December of 2006, President George W. Bush issued an Executive Order calling for the security assessment of each surface transporta- tion mode and evaluation of the effectiveness of current federal government surface transportation security initiatives. Under this order, DHS had to coordinate with the U.S. DOT to develop trans- portation system sector-specific security coordinating councils and plans; to identify modes that are at high risk for terrorist attack and draft mitigation measures; and, coordinate the research, development and testing of surface transportation security technologies. In May 2006, TSA published the Air Cargo Security Requirements rule. Under the rule, all employees and authorized agents of an Indirect Air Carrier (LAC) who have unescorted access to air cargo, including motor carriers, must undergo a name-based security threat assessment (STA) at a fee of $28 and receive annual TSA approved security training. This program was expanded with the passage of the recommendations of the 9/11 Cormr»iussion Act of 2007, which mandated that 100% of all air cargo on passenger planes be screened by August 2010. In 2009, TSA began the Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF) program, which expands those who are able to screen cargo for direct delivery to air carriers, although it imposes the same requirements on 78