Topic Collection: Transportation Security This page lists the most recent reports and testimonies related to transportation security issued since October 2000 organized in three categories: aviation security, maritime security, and surface transportation security. Aviation Security Maritime Security Surface Transportation Security Surface Transportation Security

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TSA's Explosives Detection Canine Program: Status of Increasing Number of Explosives Detection Canine Teams

GAO-08-933R, July 31, 2008

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Surface Transportation Programs: Proposals Highlight Key Issues and Challenges in Restructuring the Programs

GAO-08-843R, July 29, 2008

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Transportation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation and Surface Transportation Security Programs, but More Work Remains

GAO-08-487T, May 13, 2008

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Emergency Transit Assistance: Federal Funding for Recent Disasters, and Options for the Future

GAO-08-243, February 15, 2008

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Transmission Lines: Issues Associated with High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission Lines along Transportation Rights of Way

GAO-08-347R, February 1, 2008

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Rebuilding Iraq: Serious Challenges Impair Efforts to Restore Iraq's Oil Sector and Enact Hydrocarbon Legislation

GAO-07-1107T, July 18, 2007

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Rebuilding Iraq: Integrated Strategic Plan Needed to Help Restore Iraq's Oil and Electricity Sectors

GAO-07-677, May 15, 2007

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Federal Transit Benefits Program: Ineffective Controls Result in Fraud and Abuse by Federal Workers

GAO-07-724T, April 24, 2007

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Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts

GAO-07-583T, March 7, 2007

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Performance and Accountability: Transportation Challenges Facing Congress and the Department of Transportation

GAO-07-545T, March 6, 2007

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Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts

GAO-07-459T, February 13, 2007

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Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts

GAO-07-442T, February 6, 2007

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Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts

GAO-07-225T, January 18, 2007

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Rail Transit: Additional Federal Leadership Would Enhance FTA's State Safety Oversight Program

GAO-06-821, July 26, 2006

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Rail Transit: Observations on FTA's State Safety Oversight Program

GAO-06-997T, July 19, 2006

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Passenger Rail Security: Evaluating Foreign Security Practices and Risk Can Help Guide Security Efforts

GAO-06-557T, March 29, 2006

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Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts

GAO-06-181T, October 20, 2005

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Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts

GAO-05-851, September 9, 2005

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Security Assistance: Efforts to Secure Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas Oil Pipeline Have Reduced Attacks, but Challenges Remain

GAO-05-971, September 6, 2005

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Mass Transit: Preliminary Views on Options for Additional Fiscal Oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

GAO-05-922T, July 28, 2005

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Transportation Security: Systematic Planning Needed to Optimize Resources

GAO-05-357T, February 15, 2005

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Maritime Security Fleet: Many Factors Determine Impact of Potential Limits on Food Aid Shipments

GAO-04-1065, September 13, 2004

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Rail Security: Some Actions Taken to Enhance Passenger and Freight Rail Security, but Significant Challenges Remain

GAO-04-598T, March 23, 2004

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Freight Transportation: Strategies Needed to Address Planning and Financing Limitations

GAO-04-165, December 19, 2003

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Transportation Security: Federal Action Needed to Enhance Security Efforts

GAO-03-1154T, September 9, 2003

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Transportation Security Research: Coordination Needed in Selecting and Implementing Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessments

GAO-03-502, May 1, 2003

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Rail Safety and Security: Some Actions Already Taken to Enhance Rail Security, but Risk-based Plan Needed

GAO-03-435, April 30, 2003

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Transportation Security: Post-September 11th Initiatives and Long-Term Challenges

GAO-03-616T, April 1, 2003

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Aviation Security: Vulnerabilities and Potential Improvements for the Air Cargo System

GAO-03-344, December 20, 2002

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Mass Transit: Federal Action Could Help Transit Agencies Address Security Challenges

GAO-03-263, December 13, 2002

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Mass Transit: Challenges in Securing Transit Systems

GAO-02-1075T, September 18, 2002

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Marine Transportation: Federal Financing and an Infrastructure Investment Framework

GAO-02-1090T, September 9, 2002

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Pipeline Safety and Security: Improved Workforce Planning and Communication Needed

GAO-02-785, August 26, 2002

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Mass Transit: Many Management Successes at WMATA, but Capital Planning Could Be Enhanced

GAO-01-744, July 3, 2001

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