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NOT an AWARD * USA - OIG report on Highway Watch not really a thumbs up
“Initially,” the report stated, “DHS wanted the program to involve all highway and motor carrier industry stakeholders and to provide appropriate sector-specific training". ATA did not implement that plan
Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker News Services -20 Jan 2009: -- ... A September 2008 report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department Homeland Security (DHS), which recently was made public, found fault with the American Trucking Associations’ enrollment strategy for the program, saying ATA used only its state associations to sign up members and “left potential partners antagonistic” towards the program... In 1998 ATA established the Highway Watch program to take advantage of the experience and commitment of transportation workers to safeguard the nation’s infrastructure and highway-related transit tunnels. With funding from the federal Department of Transportation (DOT), truck and bus drivers and other workers were taught to recognize and report hazardous conditions, criminal activity and other behavior... In August of 2003 the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) entered into its first agreement with ATA and between 2004 and 2007 awarded ATA $63 million for the program... Last year, the Consolidated Appropriations Act set aside an additional $16 million for the Trucking Industry Security Grant Program (ATA trademarked the name, Highway Watch) and stated that the funding would be “competitively awarded”... It didn’t award the monies to ATA...Labels: governmental subsidies
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