With Your Help National Security Begins Our nation's infrastructure is vital to the livelihood and continued growth of this country, the protection of these assets which make-up our infrastructure requires a cooperative effort by the private sector, who own and operate the of majority of these assets; and the government, who is charged with the responsibility to assist in the protection and defense of these assets. WHAT IS THE TEXAS COASTAL REGION ADVISORY SYSTEM (TCRAS)? TCRAS is an advisory system that has been developed to assist the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) office to quickly disseminate information to our participating partners that are within our territory. (see map). Our outreach members are partners with JTTF. These partnerships help us to better respond to threats or other criminal activity by implementing proactive measures to protect our nation's infrastructure and communicating a coordinated response to these incidents as they occur. WHO SHOULD BECOME A PARTNER? Both corporate and government personnel should be a part of this advisory system. The corporate sector's participation is necessary since they are the owners and operators of our nation's infrastructure. Government agencies are also necessary since they act as intelligence collection and dissemination points, as well as the response entity to disasters, criminal activity, or acts of terrorism. WHY BECOME A PARTNER? Communication of potential threat information is vital to an organization's survival and is necessary for a well-coordinated response to any incident. Two ways sharing of information will allow organizations to better analyze potential threats and respond to those threats. JTTF Participating Agencies FEDERAL Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms Central Intelligence Agency Immigration Customs Enforcement US Coast Guard Defense Intelligence Agency US Department of State US Environmental Protection Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Protective Service Immigration & Naturalization Service Internal Revenue Service US Postal Inspector US Secret Service US Attorneys Office Southern District of Texas   STATE AND LOCAL Texas DPS Harris County Sheriff Houston Police Houston Metro Police Pasadena Police SIGN UP NOW

SECURITY TIPS OR LEADS Click here to submit Last Change in Threat Level: 1/9/2004 http://whitehouse.gov/homeland

CRITICAL ASSET Is your agency or company an important part of the local or national infrastructure?   Transportation   Oil & Gas   Telecom   Bank/Financial   Emergency Services   Energy   Continuation of Government   Water/Public Health   Other   REGISTER NOW New Links   U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov           The USA Patriot Act http://LifeandLiberty.gov           TCRAS Website En Español   Texas FBI Field Divisions Houston FBI San Antonio FBI Dallas FBI      Dallas ERN El Paso FBI OTHER PROGRAMS Partnership outreach initiatives with other agencies and industry   ANSIR   Houston Area Cyber Crime Task Force (HACC)   InfraGard Houston   Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)   Key Asset Initiative (KAI)   Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)