Section
2. Organizational
Responsibilities
20-2-1. STRATEGIC
OPERATIONS
SECURITY
Strategic
Operations
Security must:
a. Develop
national NAS
security
programs.
b. Develop
security
related
Temporary
Flight
Restriction (TFR)
procedures.
c. Develop
and coordinate
Presidential
airspace
protection
initiatives.
d. Coordinate
security
measures
impacting the
NAS directly
with
designated
Service Area
and facility
representatives.
e. Ensure
that all
appropriate
coordination
has been
accomplished
prior to the
implementation
of a known
security
measure or
program.
f. Provide
guidance and
direction to
the
maintainers
and users of
the NAS
regarding
security
programs and
procedures.
g. Provide
briefings to
appropriate
levels within
the FAA and
industry on
current and
projected
security
measures and
associated
impacts.
h. Maintain
close liaison
with
appropriate
Service Areas
and other FAA
services on
all security
programs.
i. Maintain
close liaison
with external
agencies and
departments
regarding
security
measures that
impact the
NAS.
20-2-2. TACTICAL
OPERATIONS
SECURITY
Tactical
Operations
Security must:
a. Staff
and manage the
Domestic
Events Network
(DEN).
b. Maintain
a close
liaison with
homeland
security/national
defense at
operational
decision
making levels.
c. Implement
national
security
measures on a
tactical
dynamic basis,
taking action
to cancel or
modify when
appropriate.
d. Monitor
and analyze
active
security
measures,
optimizing
timely
coordination
to ensure
minimal impact
to the NAS.
e. Be
the focal
point for
regulating
daily security
measures.
f. Recommend
and approve
alternative
security
measures when
national
initiatives
are not
appropriate or
sufficient.
g. Be
the final
approving
authority
regarding all
real-time
security
determinations
regarding
operations
within the
NAS.
h. Review
operational
security
deficiencies (QARs,
pilot
deviations and
external/internal
complaints)
and provide
recommendations
to the
Director,
System
Operations
Security.
i. Be
responsible
for the daily
management of
Presidential
airspace
security
initiatives.
20-2-3. FIELD
FACILITIES
Air Traffic
facilities
must ensure
that:
a. NAS
security
measures are
implemented
and briefed to
all
operational
personnel.
b. They
are prepared
to implement
and coordinate
known security
measures. This
is to include
maintaining a
listening
watch of the
Domestic
Events Network
when it is
known that a
facility is
needed on the
network.
c. Coordination
and
communication
of operational
impacts and
considerations
during
security
events is
accomplished
in a dynamic
fashion.
d. All
violators of
NAS security
programs are
tracked and
identified
when possible.
e. Appropriate
action is
taken
regarding
identified
violators.
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