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The Bush Administration's FY 2005 budget proposal calls for $47.4billion in homeland security funding: approximately 13 percent morethan estimated FY 2004 spending and a significant and appropriategrowth in homeland security expenditures. Most important, theAdministration's funding priorities dovetail well with the criticalmission areas established in the national homeland securitystrategy.
Closing the real gaps in U.S. maritime security means focusing the government on stopping terrorists and criminals and focusing the private sector on sensible, reasonable, transparent, and uniformaction that will enhance the security of the global supply chain.Much can be done to improve maritime security without placing undueburdens on maritime commerce.
How should the Coast Guard transform to meet the missions of a post-9/11 environment? At a recent Heritage Foundation lecture, Admiral Thomas H. Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, gavean overview of how the Coast Guard plans to meet the current andfuture challenges of the post-9/11 world and the Coast Guard's manymaritime domain responsibilities, from homeland security toprotecting natural resources.
Executive Summary: The debates over U.S. maritime security policiesand programs are inappropriately focused on ports and shippingcontainers. An effective approach to making the seas safer mustprovide comprehensive solutions. The most significant and effectivecontributions that can be made to enhancing maritime securityinvolve modernizing the Coast Guard, improving public-privateinformation sharing, and enhancing international cooperation.