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No Ship Surveillance Network Yet on the Horizon 

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By Sandra i. Erwin and Grace V. Jean 

The Bush administration in 2004 directed the Department of Homeland Security to launch a “maritime domain awareness” program to monitor the world’s oceans and identify potential terrorists aboard ships. The Coast Guard does not have the resources to do this alone, so it partnered with the Navy, which was appointed the “MDA architect” to create a computerized system to track vessels and cargo. But the process has been far more complicated than anyone foresaw. DHS and the Navy so far remain unable to exchange data. It appears that the Coast Guard and the Navy cannot agree on the data standards. “The way we run our networks is very established compared to what’s being done downtown,” said Robert Carey, the Navy’s chief information officer. “We’re working on it. There’s still work to be done.”
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