transportation
RSS transportationInformation Transformation
White Paper The client is Con-way Transportation Services, Inc.from Portland, Oregon. When Con-Way Transportation Services, Inc. CON-WAY) launched a website for customers in 1995, their employees could not access the up-to-date online information because they... [03 Jul 2008]
Terrorism and Rail Security
White Paper This testimony by Jack Riley before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, discusses the history of terrorist attacks on rail transportation, rail vulnerabilities and issues, what has been done to secure rail transportation... [03 Jul 2008]
Port and Maritime Security Act of 2001
White Paper For example Sec.that would amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a National Maritime Advisory Committee. The Committee would advise, consult, and make recommendations to the Secretary of... [03 Jul 2008]
The Effect of Coast Guard Maritime Security Rules on EPA-Regulated Facilities
White Paper Coast Guard (USCG) published final rules on October 22, 2003, to implement the security requirements of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. The U.S. The preambles to the rules clarify the relationship between EPA requirements for oil... [03 Jul 2008]
Streamlining Customer Service at Finnish Rail
White Paper Finnish Rail is Finland's only rail operator and largest single transportation company. Competition for passenger traffic from other modes began to threaten Finnish Rail's market share. The rail company needed to strengthen its position by... [03 Jul 2008]
International Trade and U.S. Homeland Security
White Paper Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") published its final rule requiring advance electronic presentation of cargo manifest information for all modes of transportation for both inbound and outbound cargo. [03 Jul 2008]
Improving Business Performance: Outsourcing Finance & Accounting in the Manufacturing & Consumer Industries
White Paper Accenture defines these industries as: automotive, consumer goods and services, health and life sciences, industrial equipment, retail, and travel and transportation services. How can businesses looking to achieve high performance pursue the... [03 Jul 2008]
Secure Cyberspace
White Paper Nation's critical infrastructures are composed of public and private institutions in the sectors of agriculture, food, water, public health, emergency services, government, defense industrial base, information and telecommunications, energy... [03 Jul 2008]
Hazardous Materials: Enhancing Rail Transportation Security for Toxic Inhalation Hazard Materials; Notices
White Paper The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are examining the need for enhanced security requirements for the rail transportation of hazardous materials that pose a toxic inhalation hazard. [03 Jul 2008]
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation: Standardized and Streamlined Service Desk Delivers Improved Service and Functionality to the End User
White Paper The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is one of the larger Ministries within the Ontario Public Sector (OPS). The MTO needed to standardize on one Helpdesk solution that encompassed ITIL process definitions, and would become a reusable model for... [03 Jul 2008]
Cross-Jurisdictional Criminal Activity Networks to Support Border and Transportation Security
White Paper Border and transportation security is a critical part of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) national strategy. DHS strategy calls for the creation of "smart borders" where information from local, state, federal, and international sources... [03 Jul 2008]
Protecting America's Ports: Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002
White Paper The security regulations focus on those sectors of maritime industry that have a higher risk of involvement in a transportation security incident, including various tank vessels, barges, large passenger vessels, cargo vessels, towing vessels... [03 Jul 2008]
Creating the Department of Homeland Security: Rethinking the Ends and Means
White Paper Coast Guard, and Transportation Security Administration into the proposed department brings the effective oversight of the border and transportation security mission under one roof. The Department of Homeland Security is an appropriate... [03 Jul 2008]
Hazardous Materials: Security Requirements for Offerors and Transporters of Hazardous Materials; Final Rule
White Paper The Transportation Security Agency (TSA) or the proposed Department of Homeland Security would be better suited to issue transportation security-related regulations. The Research and Special Programs Administration is establishing new requirements... [03 Jul 2008]
The Department of Homeland Security: An Alternative That Will Work
White Paper Responsibility for securing the nation's borders and transportation systems is now dispersed among a host of federal agencies. Many of these agencies, like the Immigration and Naturalization Service, are in disrepair. [03 Jul 2008]
