Mr. Gary Seffel

From the Director

Director OGMSA is responsible for effective access to maritime information and data critical to building the situational awareness component of Global Maritime Domain Awareness.

Read the latest update from Director GMSA about key Maritime Awareness issues.

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Maritime Awareness Wiki

The Maritime Awareness Wiki is a forum in which the Global Maritime Community of Interest can collaborate on building a Maritime Awareness body of knowledge to promote common understanding and share best practices. Keep up with this developing body of knowledge.


Transforming Interagency Information Sharing Workshop

Transforming Interagency Information Sharing is a workshop series for members of the U.S. Government who monitor, collect, fuse, analyze, disseminate, archive, or maintain maritime information to accomplish our missions. Through this workshop, we are working together to transform the policies that stand in the way of effective and efficient maritime information sharing. Get involved in transforming government.

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OGMSA Annual Report 2009

OGMSA's Annual Report for fiscal year 2009 is available for download.

This report to the Global Maritime Community of Interest explains OGMSA's efforts and accomplishments, as well as the progress and effectiveness of U.S. government interagency MDA efforts.


Global Maritime Information Sharing Symposium (GMISS)

The Global Maritime Information Sharing Symposium (GMISS) is an annual event hosted by the Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness (OGMSA) to align U.S. Government outreach to the maritime industry and improve and increase industry-government maritime information sharing partnerships. Learn more about how to benefit from GMISS.

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Maritime Safety and Security Information System (MSSIS)

Maritime Safety and Security Information System The Maritime Safety and Security Information System (MSSIS) enables the government-to-government sharing of AIS and related data on vessels in the waters of participating nations around the world. Find out more about MSSIS and the benefits of "many-to-many" information sharing networks.


National Maritime Awareness Technology Subcommittee (NMATS)

The National Maritime Awareness Technology Subcommittee (NMATS) is building a picture of the current state of Maritime Domain Awareness technology, related research and development investment and execution strategies, as well as activities and programs addressing current, near-term MDA requirements, and cataloguing research efforts. To access the NMATS Wiki, you must be a U.S. national with contracts with the federal government. Registration on the site is required.


This page was last updated on November 17, 2009.