Department of Homeland Security
Mission
Preventing terrorism and enhancing security; managing our borders; administering immigration laws; securing cyberspace; and ensuring disaster resilience.
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GPS Roles and Responsibilities
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Operates the master control stations and the maritime component of the Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) network.
Learn more about NDGPS... - Provides user support to the civilian GPS community through the Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) and the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC).
- Identifies GPS requirements for homeland security purposes.
- Coordinates efforts to identify, locate, and attribute domestic GPS interference.
- Maintains a central database for reports of domestic and international interference to civil use of GPS and its augmentations, and notifies departments and agencies of GPS interference.
- Promotes the use of GPS by federal, state, local, tribal, and private sectors responsible for public safety and emergency response.
- Applies GPS technology to a broad variety of governmental activities, including: emergency planning and response; border protection; law enforcement; and Coast Guard operations.
Relevant Units
These links lead to other government websites:
- National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD)
- Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)
- Chief Information Office/Geospatial Management Office (GMO)
- United States Coast Guard (USCG)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- United States Secret Service (USSS)
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
GPS Leadership
These links lead to other government websites:
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The Honorable Jane Holl Lute
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Member, National Executive Committee for Space-Based PNT
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Ms. Caitlin Durkovich
Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection
Points of Contact
John Merrill
GIS Portfolio Manager
Geospatial Management Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(202) 447-3731
Monty G. Graham
Program Manager - GPS Jamming & Interference
National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications
National Communications System Department of Homeland Security
(703) 235-5653