Department of Homeland Security

The mission of the Department of Homeland Security is preventing terrorism and enhancing security; managing our borders; administering immigration laws; securing cyberspace; and ensuring disaster resilience.

GPS Roles and Responsibilities

• Provides user support to the civilian GPS community through the Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) and the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (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.