Fort Knox has a smaller mission than it historically did. That's because of the work the Base Realignment and Closure Commission did in the early 2000s.
Congress is out on recess now. Still they have got issues to deal with, including some "local" ones, like how to fund the a replacement bridge in Baltimore.
Nearly every moment a security issue takes place somewhere in the transportation system. Thousands of incidents each week get reported to the Transportation Security Administration's big operations center in Herndon, Virginia.