GMSA News

GMSA News is published by the Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness to enhance information sharing within the global maritime community of interest.

GMSA Update

NMCO provides coordination, facilitation and guidance to align, integrate and synchronize the efforts of the global maritime community of interest to ensure access to maritime information and data critical to building the situational awareness component of global Maritime Domain Awareness.

Find out what NMCO is doing to achieve maritime awareness. (Keyword GmsaUpdate)

From the Director

Read the latest updates from Director GMSA about key Maritime Awareness issues. (Keyword FromtheDirector)

Developments in Maritime Awareness

Building effective Maritime Awareness depends on the efforts of federal, state and local government agencies; industry; academic institutions; non-governmental agencies; and other subject matter experts around the world.

Find out how the interagency community is building maritime awareness.(Keyword DevelopmentsinMaritimeAwareness)

Maritime Awareness Events

Find out about upcoming events that impact maritime awareness, or add events.

Maritime Awareness in the News

Media covereage of Maritime Awareness developments not only keeps the community of interest informed, but also reveales the attitudes and level of comprehension of those outside the community.

See what the news media say about maritime awareness. (Keyword IntheNews)

Maritime Awareness in the Blogosphere

Developing Maritime Awareness is a collaborative effort. Blogs are an effective tool for promoting collaboration.

Read and comment on blog posts regarding Maritime Awareness. (Keyword MaritimeBlogs)

GMSA News

The Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness is a multi-agency office responsible for effective access to maritime information and data critical to building situational awareness. GMSA News is published by NMCO to enhance information sharing within the global maritime community of interest (GMCOI); to assist in identifying new maritime data sources; to improve the availability and integration of maritime data, information and products; to engage the GMCOI to gain federal, state, local, tribal, international, and private sector participation; to support the coordination of community-wide inputs in developing future spirals of the National Concept of Operations for MDA and the Integrated Interagency Investment Strategy; to disseminate information sharing lessons learned; to advocate for information sharing practices recommended by MDA Enterprise Hubs; and to facilitate closer cooperation with international, state, regional, local and tribal officials and organizations, consistent with the International Outreach and Coordination Strategy of the National Strategy for Maritime Security.

-- ChadHolmes - 23 Jan 2009