exercise programs. now huffman sits on the board of directors. all of this is being used to highlight the good work this organization is doing, using this bit of infamily to help change the lives of these women. also worth noting her daughter did retake the s.a.t. and is attending college all on her own merit. stephanie elam, thanks so much. the next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. good morning welcome to cnn this morning. it s sunday, december 3rd. i m victor blackwell. i m isabel rosales. israel says they struck multiple hamas facilities overnight. hamas launched a barrage of rockets towards tel aviv intercepted by israel s iron dome. israel recalled its team of nego negotiators from qatar. hamas blamed israel and the u.s. for the resumption of hostilities and says there will be no hostage negotiations at least until there s a cease-fire in gaza. ben wedeman is joining us. the latest on the fighting. what do you know? what we re seeing today is a re
Made the right decision to take a riskbased approach and put readers where they need to be. And that we think thats going to be a measure in our program for our program considering its a biometric credential. I think the last thing is share information. Which we do on a daily basis. So we need good, quality information to make good decisions with. We need the information to keep on coming so we can continue to make good decisions after we issue the credential. We need to install readers. And we need to continue to share information, which we do on a daily basis with our partners. Mr. Caldwell . Thank you very much. I mean, the most difficult question is how do you measure security and risk . I think we have actually looked at that quite a bit across a lot of these programs. I think one of the better problems we found is Coast Guard Program called maritime Security Risk analysis model where they can, at the facility level, try to measure the riskbased on vulnerabilities and threats and
Request project level data upfront so we can start to get that information to form even more effective measures of outcomes. On the grants management side, senator, we certainly have measures now, and even over fy 12 measures of our monitoring. Mr. Caldwell mentioned the level of monitoring. 100 of our Port Security grants undergo some level of monitoring. We have a tiered Monitoring System where our Program Staff on our routine basis look at every award, look at the history of the grantee, the history of the outcomes achieved, their Financial Measures from draw down, rate of expenditure, rate of deobligation. That, then, is reviewed. We do prioritize based on the risk we see in their management of the grants all the way up to desk reviews where we request a lot of information from grantees and site visits. What i would tell you, senator, i look forward to continue working with you and continue to get the data we need to form more effective measures. I agree with you that everybody can
Number one sea port in north america for the importation of fresh fruit bananas, and juice, concentrate. If you had a banana this morning for breakfast it probably came through the port of wilmington. Our nickname is top banana. The top banana port. Port of wilmington isnt just important for the state of delaware, it serves as a key economic engine in new castle county, its also a key port for the entire United States. So protecting our ports, safeguarding our Economic Opportunity is responsibility that we take very seriously. As the Government Accountability office and other experts have noted, u. S. Port security has come a long way. Shortly after 9 11, the Maritime Transportation security act of 2002 became law and empowered the coast guard with new authorities to ensure commercial vessels and port facility meet minimum Security Standards. A few years later the safe port act of 2006 authorized key cargo and supply chains security programs enforced by u. S. Customs and Border Protect
Areas, and sustaining existing capabilities. But, again, that measure can be better. On the administrative management side, weve made progress in measuring our ability to effectively, efficiently release the funding, monitor programmatic use of the funds, monitor grantee Financial Management of the funds, monitor the closing of the awards and grantee draw down. Were making progress, mr. Chairman, weve got an opportunity to make even more. Thanks. Yes, sir. For us, i think its about getting good, quality information and data for us to make the right decisions on when we issue a card. Its about continuing to get that information after we issue the cards so we can monitor the individual to ensure they havent done something as to disqualify them. Whether its on a terrorism watch list or something through a criminal issue. I think the other thing that is going to make us better is installing readers. We believe that the coast guard, whom were close partners with, made the right decision to