through strategic planning, security training, exercises and drills, law enforcement patrols, worker vetting, and suspicious activity reporting. (4) Infrastructure protection through effective construction design barriers and installation of advanced surveillance and other security technologies. (b) Annual report Not later than one year after the establishment of the working group under subsection (a) and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the working group’s organization, participation, activities, findings, and non-binding recommendations for the immediately preceding 12-month period. The Secretary may publish a public version such report that describes the working group’s activities and such related matters as would be informative to the public, consistent with section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code. (c) Inapplicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the working group established under subsection (a) or any subsidiary thereof. 402. Technical assistance (a) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security shall— (1) inform owners and operators of surface transportation assets about the availability of technical assistance, including vulnerability assessment tools and cybersecurity guidelines, to help protect and enhance the resilience of public areas of such assets