Topic Collection: Transportation SecurityThis 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. Surface Transportation Security |
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- Transportation Security: Key Actions Have Been Taken to Enhance Mass Transit and Passenger Rail Security, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Federal Strategy and Programs
- GAO-09-678, June 24, 2009
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 100 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Transit Security Grant Program: DHS Allocates Grants Based on Risk, but Its Risk Methodology, Management Controls, and Grant Oversight Can Be Strengthened
- GAO-09-491, June 8, 2009
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 68 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Freight Rail Security: Actions Have Been Taken to Enhance Security, but the Federal Strategy Can Be Strengthened and Security Efforts Better Monitored
- GAO-09-243, April 21, 2009
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 129 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Highway Infrastructure: Federal Efforts to Strengthen Security Should Be Better Coordinated and Targeted on the Nation's Most Critical Highway Infrastructure
- GAO-09-57, January 30, 2009
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 85 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- TSA's Explosives Detection Canine Program: Status of Increasing Number of Explosives Detection Canine Teams
- GAO-08-933R, July 31, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages) Accessible Text
- Surface Transportation Programs: Proposals Highlight Key Issues and Challenges in Restructuring the Programs
- GAO-08-843R, July 29, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 28 pages) Accessible Text
- 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
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 46 pages) Accessible Text
- Emergency Transit Assistance: Federal Funding for Recent Disasters, and Options for the Future
- GAO-08-243, February 15, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 43 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Transmission Lines: Issues Associated with High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission Lines along Transportation Rights of Way
- GAO-08-347R, February 1, 2008
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 32 pages) Accessible Text
- Rebuilding Iraq: Serious Challenges Impair Efforts to Restore Iraq's Oil Sector and Enact Hydrocarbon Legislation
- GAO-07-1107T, July 18, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text
- Rebuilding Iraq: Integrated Strategic Plan Needed to Help Restore Iraq's Oil and Electricity Sectors
- GAO-07-677, May 15, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Federal Transit Benefits Program: Ineffective Controls Result in Fraud and Abuse by Federal Workers
- GAO-07-724T, April 24, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text
- Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts
- GAO-07-583T, March 7, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text
- Performance and Accountability: Transportation Challenges Facing Congress and the Department of Transportation
- GAO-07-545T, March 6, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 37 pages) Accessible Text
- Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts
- GAO-07-459T, February 13, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text
- Passenger Rail Security: Federal Strategy and Enhanced Coordination Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts
- GAO-07-442T, February 6, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 33 pages) Accessible Text
- Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts
- GAO-07-225T, January 18, 2007
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text
- Rail Transit: Additional Federal Leadership Would Enhance FTA's State Safety Oversight Program
- GAO-06-821, July 26, 2006
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 56 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Rail Transit: Observations on FTA's State Safety Oversight Program
- GAO-06-997T, July 19, 2006
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 34 pages) Accessible Text
- Passenger Rail Security: Evaluating Foreign Security Practices and Risk Can Help Guide Security Efforts
- GAO-06-557T, March 29, 2006
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text
- Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts
- GAO-06-181T, October 20, 2005
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 52 pages) Accessible Text
- Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts
- GAO-05-851, September 9, 2005
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 100 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Security Assistance: Efforts to Secure Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas Oil Pipeline Have Reduced Attacks, but Challenges Remain
- GAO-05-971, September 6, 2005
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Mass Transit: Preliminary Views on Options for Additional Fiscal Oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- GAO-05-922T, July 28, 2005
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 40 pages) Accessible Text
- Transportation Security: Systematic Planning Needed to Optimize Resources
- GAO-05-357T, February 15, 2005
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text
- Maritime Security Fleet: Many Factors Determine Impact of Potential Limits on Food Aid Shipments
- GAO-04-1065, September 13, 2004
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Accessible Text
- Rail Security: Some Actions Taken to Enhance Passenger and Freight Rail Security, but Significant Challenges Remain
- GAO-04-598T, March 23, 2004
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 25 pages) Accessible Text
- Freight Transportation: Strategies Needed to Address Planning and Financing Limitations
- GAO-04-165, December 19, 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 80 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Transportation Security: Federal Action Needed to Enhance Security Efforts
- GAO-03-1154T, September 9, 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 49 pages) Accessible Text
- Transportation Security Research: Coordination Needed in Selecting and Implementing Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessments
- GAO-03-502, May 1, 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages) Accessible Text
- Rail Safety and Security: Some Actions Already Taken to Enhance Rail Security, but Risk-based Plan Needed
- GAO-03-435, April 30, 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 87 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Transportation Security: Post-September 11th Initiatives and Long-Term Challenges
- GAO-03-616T, April 1, 2003
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages) Accessible Text
- Aviation Security: Vulnerabilities and Potential Improvements for the Air Cargo System
- GAO-03-344, December 20, 2002
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 31 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Mass Transit: Federal Action Could Help Transit Agencies Address Security Challenges
- GAO-03-263, December 13, 2002
- Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 88 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Mass Transit: Challenges in Securing Transit Systems
- GAO-02-1075T, September 18, 2002
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 29 pages) Accessible Text
- Marine Transportation: Federal Financing and an Infrastructure Investment Framework
- GAO-02-1090T, September 9, 2002
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages) Accessible Text
- Pipeline Safety and Security: Improved Workforce Planning and Communication Needed
- GAO-02-785, August 26, 2002
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 41 pages) Accessible Text Recommendations (HTML)
- Mass Transit: Many Management Successes at WMATA, but Capital Planning Could Be Enhanced
- GAO-01-744, July 3, 2001
- Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 74 pages) Recommendations (HTML)