Back in April, the TSA decided they had had enough of the holdups and complications caused by their requirement that every laptop-carrying passenger remove his or her computer to go through the airport security checkpoints. So, strangely, they did some rather progressive! They sent out a list of standards to...
Oh man, this one is just asking for trouble. You might remember right after 9/11 when secondary security screening was done at the gate. Well, it's baaaack. by Brett Snyder
In the wake of the terrorists' attacks of September 11, 2001, the Transportation Security Administration was formed and charged with the mission of better securing U.S. airports. Pearson Government Solutions provided TSA a complete, end-to-end human resource management solution to successfully recruit, assess, hire, orient, and administer nearly 60,000 qualified...
Understanding the TSA's New Battery RulesSpare batteries essential - but dangerousThe minds at TSA have decided that spares are more dangerous in the cargo hold, un-disturbed, than in the hands of an ill-intended passenger. Fact is, fully charged Lithiums can produce amps of current. And with a small piece of...
Within the Department of Homeland Security DHS, the Transportation Security Administration TSA is responsible for ensuring the security of commercial aviation, including the transportation of cargo by air. To evaluate the status of TSA's efforts to secure domestic air cargo, this paper examines the extent to which TSA used a...
Training flight and cabin crew members to handle potential threats against domestic aircraft is an important element in securing our nation's aviation system. This report addresses actions TSA has taken to develop guidance and standards for flight and cabin crew member security training and to measure the effectiveness of the...
This document highlights a report based on the key aspects of TSA's disclosure of its use of personal information during commercial data testing for Secure Flight as required by the Privacy Act, and TSA's actions to more fully disclose its use of personal information. It also informs that TSA has...
Mandated to screen all checked baggage using explosive detection systems at airports, the Transportation Security Administration TSA deployed two types of screening equipment: explosives detection systems EDS, which use computer-aided tomography X-rays to recognize the characteristics of explosives, and explosives trace detection ETD systems, which use chemical analysis to detect...
Concerns have arisen about whether the Transportation Security Administration TSA is applying the Sensitive Security Information SSI designation consistently and appropriately. SSI is one category of "sensitive but unclassified" information--information generally restricted from public disclosure but that is not classified. The report determines TSA's SSI designation and removal procedures, TSA's...
The screening of airport passengers and their checked baggage is a critical component in securing the nation's commercial aviation system. This report specifically addresses actions TSA has taken to enhance training for passenger and checked baggage screeners and screening supervisors, how TSA ensures that screener's complete required training and actions...
Emerging domestic and international threats have generated a growing interest in the use of less-than-lethal weapons by government and law enforcement agencies and other entities such as commercial airlines. One such weapon - the Taser - is a hand-held weapon that delivers an electric shock via two stainless steel barbs,...
The Transportation Security Administration TSA deployed two types of screening equipment: explosives detection systems EDS, which use computer-aided tomography X-rays to recognize the characteristics of explosives, and explosives trace detection ETD systems, which use chemical analysis to detect traces of explosive material vapors or residues. This report assesses TSA's use...
Among its efforts to strengthen aviation security, the Transportation Security Administration TSA is developing a new passenger prescreening system--known as Secure Flight. As required by Congress, TSA is planning to assume, through Secure Flight, the prescreening function currently performed by the air carriers. This report assesses the status of Secure...
The Transportation Security Administration TSA faces the daunting challenge of determining how to allocate its finite resources to manage risks while addressing threats and enhancing security across all transportation modes. To assist the Congress and TSA in focusing resources on the areas of greatest need, the report describes Department of...
The Transportation Security Administration TSA is developing a new passenger prescreening program, known as Secure Flight. Under the Secure Flight program, TSA plans to take over, from commercial airlines, the responsibility for comparing identifying information of domestic airline passengers against information on known or suspected terrorists. The paper reviews TSA's...
This report summarizes Transportation Security Administration's security threat assessment process that affects millions of hazmat drivers and thousands of hazmat companies. Key public policy issues associated with TSA's program to check the background of hazmat drivers are analyzed. The current status of this initiative and projected timetable for implementation are...
This report provides an evaluation of the performance of the five commercial airports that retained private screening personnel under Transportation Security Administration TSA oversight after the federalization of the nation's screening workforce. The study also examined the private screening program so as to understand the qualitative factors that may impact...
Virtually overnight, the Transportation Security Administration had to hire more than 55,000 workers. Its problems with mis-hires and layoffs illustrate the issues inherent in fast large-scale hires. The problem was that the organization unwittingly hired a number of people with criminal backgrounds. These mis-hires have caused an understandable ruckus among...
The Transportation Security AdministrationTSA today announced a set of security recommendations for thetransportation of certain quantities of hazardous materials across thenation's highways. The recommendations -- while voluntary -- will help to ensure the securetransportation of potentially dangerous materials that could cause asignificant impact if used in an act of terrorism....
Passenger Security Checkpoints at Dulles, Reagan National and BWI Upgraded with New aTiX Systems PINE BROOK, N.J. -- Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announced installation of its new Advanced Threat Identification X-ray aTiX systems in all three major Washington, D.C. area airports....
