ACRONYMS
AIS—Automatic Identification System
AMSC—Area Maritime Security Committee
AMSP—Area Maritime Security Plan
AOR—Area of Responsibility
ATSA—Aviation and Transportation Security
Act of 2001 AWW—America’s Waterway Watch
BEST—Border Enforcement Security Task
Force
CBP—Customs and Border Protection
CBSA—Canada Border Services Agency
CI—Critical Infrastructure
CIKR—Critical Infrastructure and Key
Resources
CIPAC—Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
COTP—Captain of the Port CSI—Container Security Initiative
C-TPAT—Custom-Trade Partnership Against
Terrorism DHS—U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DNDO—Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
DOD—U.S. Department of Defense
DOE—U.S. Department of Energy
DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice
DOT—U.S. Department of Transportation
EEZ—Exclusive Economic Zone
EPA—Environmental Protection Agency
FACA—Federal Advisory Committee Act
FBI—Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDA—Food and Drug Administration
FMSC—Federal Maritime Security Coordinator
FYHSP—Future Years Homeland Security
Program GAO—Government Accountability Office
GCC—Government Coordinating Council
GDP—Gross Domestic Product
GMII—Global Maritime Intelligence Integration
GMSA—Global Maritime Situational
Awareness
GPRA—Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
D-1–Department of Homeland Security Small Vessel Security Strategy
GPS—Global Position System
IACM—Interagency Assessment of Cocaine Movement
IBETS—Integrated Border Enforcement Teams
ICE—Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICS—Incident Command System
IIMG—Interagency Incident Management
Group
IMO—International Maritime Organization
IND—Improvised Nuclear Device
ISAC—Information Sharing and Analysis
Center JTTF—Joint Terrorism Task Force
KR—Key Resources
LTTE—Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
MANPADS—Man-Portable Air-Defense
System
MARAD—Maritime Administration
MDA—Maritime Domain Awareness
MMS—Minerals Management Service
MISLE—Marine Information for Safety and
Law Enforcement MOTR—Maritime Operational Threat Response
MTSA—Maritime Transportation Security Act
MTS—Maritime Transportation System
NGO—Non-governmental Organization
NICC—National Infrastructure Coordinating
Center
NIE—National Intelligence Estimate
NIMS—National Incident Management System
NIPP—National Infrastructure Protection Plan
NIRU—National Incident Response Unit
NMTSP—National Maritime Transportation
Security Plan
NNSA—National Nuclear Security Administration
NOA—Notice of Arrival
NOC—National Operations Center
NRC—National Response Center
NRF—National Response Framework
NSMS—National Strategy for Maritime Security
OMB—Office of Management and Budget
OCS—Outer Continental Shelf
PART—Program Assessment Rating Tool
PBRS—Pleasure Boat Reporting System
POE—Port of Entry PWSA—
Ports and Waterways Safety Act
RCMP—Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RDD—Radioactive Dispersal Device
RFID—Radio-Frequency Identification
SBI—Secure Border Initiative
SCC—Sector Coordinating Council
SFO—Senior Federal Official
D-2 – Department of Homeland Security Small Vessel Security Strategy
SLSDC—St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
SPP—Security and Prosperity Partnership
SSA—Sector Specific Agency
TSA—Transportation Security Administration
TSI—Transportation Security Incident
TSNM—Office of the Transportation Sector Network Management
TWIC—Transportation Worker Identification
Credential
USACE—United States Army Corps of Engineers
USCG—U.S. Coast Guard
USSS—U.S. Secret Service VIS—Vessel Identification System
WBIED—Waterborne Improvised Explosive
Device
WCO—World Customs Organization
WMD—Weapon of Mass Destruction