Trucking Security Awards
Grant Awards for Fiscal Years 2006, 2007, and 2008
- Intercity Bus Security Grant Program
(IBSGP)Freight Rail Security Grant Program
FRSGP)Trucking Security Program
(TSP)Transit Security Grant Program Tier I
(TSGP Tier I)Transit Security Grant Program Tier II
(TSGP Tier II)
- Intercity Bus Security Grant Program
(IBSGP)Freight Rail Security Grant Program
(FRSGP)Trucking Security Program
(TSP)Transit Security Grant Program Tier I
(TSGP Tier I)Transit Security Grant Program Tier II
(TSGP Tier II)
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The FY08 Trucking Security Program (TSP) will provide $15.5 million to HMS Company. This single grantee was selected through a competitive process to provide five priority functions for the trucking industry over a three year period of performance.
The five TSP priority functions, as described in the FY08 TSP Guidance and Application Kit, are as follows: 1) participant identification and recruitment; 2) planning; 3) training; 4) communications; and, 5) information analysis and distribution.
The competitive process began in April 2008, when a National Review Panel of Subject Matter Experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Transportation Security Administration convened to score applications based on the following criteria:
| FY 2008 Evaluation Criteria | |
| Feasibility | Likelihood of being successful |
| Cost Effectiveness | Expected impact on security relative to the investment |
| Ability | Ability of the applicant to support the program areas |
| Innovation | Introduction of a novel approach, idea, etc. |
| Cost Share | Added consideration will be given to those that propose a cost share |
The Panel applied these criteria to each of priority functions referenced above. HMS Company—the successful grantee—scored substantially higher than the next closest applicant based upon this competitive process.
Historically, the total grant funding for the provision of these services for the trucking industry has continued to increase since 2006 as illustrated below:
| Year | TSP Grant Funding |
|
2006 |
$4,801,500 |
|
2007 |
$11,640,000 |
|
2008 |
$15,544,000 |
For more information about eligibility, program priorities, and the application process, please refer to the FY08 TSP guidance.
Feature Article
The HMS Company Eager to Administer Trucking Security Program
The Trucking Security Program (TSP) is one of five grant programs that constitute the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Infrastructure Protection Program (IPP). The TSP is one tool among a comprehensive set of measures authorized by Congress and implemented by Federal agencies to help strengthen the nation's critical infrastructure against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks. The funds provided by the TSP assist all professionals and operating entities throughout the entire highway sector in obtaining the skills and abilities required to support the National Preparedness Guidelines and associated National Priorities. Pursuant to Congressional direction in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, the FY 2008 TSP was awarded as a competitive grant to HSM Company. For more information about the FY08 competitive TSP process, please visit http://www.tsa.gov/join/grants/fy08_trucking_awards.shtm.
The operators of trucks, motor carriers and other ground transporters are critical eyes and ears on our nation's roadways. DHS provides $15,544,000 under the FY08 TSP to enhance our Nation's highway security. The TSP funds a range of highway security initiatives under a single grant award, including participant identification and recruitment, planning, training, communications, and information analysis and distribution. HMS Company will soon begin providing these priority functions for our nation's highway professionals.
The HMS Company and a team of subcontractors will provide those charged with transporting goods and services the tools to spot unusual behavior and to report suspicious activity to the proper authorities. HMS will administer an anti-terrorism and security awareness program for these highway professionals in support of the National Preparedness Guidelines.
The training and awareness program will develop and launch web-based training modules for different communities and different threats as they emerge. Additionally, HMS will create and manage a call center and a Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC), where truckers, toll operators, bus drivers, port workers and other motor carriers can facilitate situational awareness by sharing information in a collaborative way with state, local and federal law enforcement agencies and other first responders.
"Our goal is to serve as a conduit and resource for the entire highway community – from the entities that comprise it to the agencies that support it," says Charles Hall, president and founder of HMS Company. "The glue that binds our TSP training and highway ISAC initiatives is our participant outreach and recruitment efforts. Team HMS members, which include Total Security US, OOIDA [Owner Operator Independent Driver Association] and the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters, are ever mindful of that mission as we set out to support this worthwhile program. If there is one thing the tragedy of September 11, 2001 taught us, it is this: if we don't have the knowledge, we cannot organize effectively; we cannot analyze and share information that is collected; we cannot prevent subsequent tragedies from happening. The DHS Trucking Security Program has proven to be not just important, but critically necessary. This program is already saving lives and we're proud to support it."
For more information on all of the DHS transportation security grant programs, please visit: www.tsa.gov/grants.
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