Who is on the OGMSA staff and how many members are there?
According to the National Concept of Operations for Maritime Domain Awareness, at a minimum, OGMSA staff should come from the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Defense (DOD), Justice (DOJ), Transportation (DOT), Commerce (DOC), State (DOS), and Treasury and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Specifically, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Intelligence Community, the Coast Guard (USCG), the Navy (USN) and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) should provide full-time representatives to the OGMSA staff based on articulated needs and skill sets from the Director of OGMSA. There are usually between 20 and 25 individuals on the staff. The current staff is comprised of personnel on loan from the Navy (DOD), Coast Guard (DHS), Maritime Administration (DOT), Northern Command (DOD), Intelligence Community (DNI), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC). In addition, OGMSA