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Highway and Motor Carrier (HMC) Government Coordinating Council (GCC):

The objective of the Highway GCC is to coordinate highway and motor carrier security strategies and activities, to establish policies, guidelines and standards, and to develop program metrics and performance criteria for the mode. The Highway GCC fosters communication across government and between the government and private industry in support of the nation's homeland security mission. The Highway GCC acts as the counterpart to the private industry-led"Highway Sector Coordinating Council" (Highway SCC) for review and development of security programs necessary to protect the nation's highway and motor carrier mode.

The Highway GCC will address highway infrastructure, commercial vehicle operations, and supporting facilities as outlined in the National Strategy for Transportation Security (NSTS) and updates to the strategy. The Highway GCC will accomplish this objective through the following activities:

• Identifying areas and issues where public-private coordination and communication will enhance transportation security. The Highway GCC and Highway SCC shall bring together diverse Federal, State and local interests to identify and develop collaborative strategies that advance modal security.
• Identifying security needs and potential gaps in plans, programs, policies and procedures and strategies, and working to address them.
• Information sharing and exchange. The Highway GCC assists in the sharing of threat information, experiences, ideas, best practices, innovative approaches, and any other homeland security-related material.
• Recognizing successful programs and practices. The Highway GCC shall acknowledge and recognize programs and practices that enhance the level of security in the highway and motor carrier mode, while facilitating the transfer of best practices across the industry and to other transportation modes as appropriate.
• Addressing subjects the Highway GCC determines are in the interest of enhancing highway and motor carrier security.

Permanent members of the Highway GCC shall be senior executives, or their designees, from:

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Infrastructure Protection (IP)
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
• TSA (NIPP R&D, Chief Technology Office (CTO)
• TSA - Office of Security Operations, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Liaison
• DHS Policy
• DHS Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Center (HITRAC)
• DHS Intergovernmental Programs (IGP)
• Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Federal Highway Administration
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• Department of Defense
• Department of Energy - National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Customs and Border Protection
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Planning
• FEMA Grants and Training
• Department of Education
• American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials
• Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
• International Association of Chiefs' of Police
• National Sheriffs' Association
• National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services

The Highway GCC reserves the right to add permanent Federal department or agency members, as deemed necessary and appropriate. The Highway GCC also reserves the right to invite ad hoc members from other departments, agencies or offices from time to time to meet expertise requirements necessary to fulfill its mission.

HMC Regional Security Exercise Workshop:

HMC will be conducting Regional Security Exercise Workshops to discuss highway transportation security issues with security partners from the trucking, motorcoach, school transportation and infrastructure industries.

Upcoming Workshops for 2009:

Coming Soon!

Past Workshops:

1. September 4-5, 2008: HMC's Southeastern Regional Security Workshop in Nashville, TN
1. Click here to download the Nashville Agenda. (XLS, 43 KB)
2. Breakout Session One-Pagers:
1. Click here to download Doing Business with DHS. (DOC, 3 MB)
2. Click here to download Access to Security Information and Notifications. (DOC, 3 MB)
3. Click here to download Understanding Security Regulations and Legislative Requirements. (DOC, 3 MB)
4. Click here to download The What and How of the Core Security Requirements for the Highway Transportation Industries. (DOC, 3 MB)

2. September 25-26, 2008: HMC's Western Regional Security Workshop in Las Vegas, NV
1. Click here to download the Las Vegas Agenda. (XLS, 45 KB)
2. Handouts:
1. Click here to download Security Plans and Emergency Management. (DOC, KB)
2. Click here to download Information Sharing. (DOC, KB)