Intelligence center collates transportation data.

• Author: Pappalardo, Joe
• Position: Homeland Defense Briefs - Brief Article

An operations center that collects and collates intelligence between industry and government officials in the transportation sector is nearing completion at the Department of Homeland Security, officials said.

"For the first time, we're generating operational dots that can start to be used for analysis and to spot pre-operation patterns," said Chet Lunner, assistant administrator at the Transportation Safety Administration's office of maritime and land security.

Transportation industry contacts will report suspicious activity to the center, where officials will match the data with classified information from other agencies. In return, Lunner said, the center will disseminate any relevant unclassified data to the appropriate agencies or companies.

The new center will...