Department of Homeland Security
Mission
Preventing terrorism and enhancing security; managing our borders; administering immigration laws; securing cyberspace; and ensuring disaster resilience.
Learn more at dhs.gov
GPS Roles and Responsibilities
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Operates the master control stations and the maritime component of the Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) network.
Learn more about NDGPS - Provides user support to the civilian GPS community through the Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) and the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC). Learn more about CGSIC
- Identifies GPS requirements for homeland security purposes.
- Coordinates efforts to identify, locate, and attribute domestic GPS interference.
- Maintains a central database for reports of domestic and international interference to civil use of GPS and its augmentations, and notifies departments and agencies of GPS interference.
- Promotes the use of GPS by federal, state, local, tribal, and private sectors responsible for public safety and emergency response.
- Applies GPS technology to a broad variety of governmental activities, including: emergency planning and response; border protection; law enforcement; and Coast Guard operations.
GPS Leadership
These links lead to other government websites:
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Ken Cuccinelli
Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Member, National Executive Committee for Space-Based PNT
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Christopher C. Krebs
Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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Robert Kolasky
Director, National Risk Management Center (NRMC)
View biography
Relevant Units
These links lead to other government websites:
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)
- Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)
- Chief Information Office/Geospatial Management Office (GMO)
- United States Coast Guard (USCG)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- United States Secret Service (USSS)
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Point of Contact
Robert Crane
DHS Representative to NCO
National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
(202) 482-2206