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- TSA's Registered Traveler Ends. HATCH, SUSAN // Corporate Meetings & Incentives;Nov2005, Vol. 24 Issue 11, p9
The article reports that the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has put an end to the 14-month Registered Traveler Program, which facilitated security checks at five major airports for passengers who had been subjected to rigorous background checks. TSA is examining the...
- Security Roundup. // Airport Security Report;10/24/2007, Vol. 15 Issue 21, p8
This section offers news briefs about U.S. airport security. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) admitted to the General Accountability Office that there is no reliable technology for checking passengers for explosives. Workers at JFK airport were arrested for smuggling drugs....
- AVIATION SECURITY: Efforts to Validate TSA's Passenger Screening Behavior Detection Program Underway, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Validation and Address Operational Challenges. Lord, Stephen M. // GAO Reports;5/20/2010, preceding p1
The article discusses the report of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). GAO reviewed the validation of the program before deployment, the challenges in its...
- TSA Deploys AIT at 28 Additional Airports. // Airport Security Report;6/2/2010, Vol. 18 Issue 11, p1
The article reports on the plan of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to deploy advanced imaging technology (AIT) units to 28 additional airports including Albuquerque International Sunport, Buffalo Niagara International, and El Paso International. It states that TSA purchased 450 AIT...
- TSA Getting Ready To Launch Airport Employee Pilot Screening Program. Biesecker, Calvin // Defense Daily;2/13/2008, Vol. 237 Issue 29, p4
The article reports on the announcement of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration that it will begin airport employee screening pilot programs at seven airports in May 2008. It will consider various methods and capabilities to learn how best to increase airport security. The pilot...
- TSA's Backscatter Receives Aspersion, Agency Defends Safety. // Air Safety Week;11/14/2011, Vol. 25 Issue 45, p4
The article reports on John Pistole, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) administrator, who has said that the TSA's Backscatter Advanced Imaging Technology, which is an optional metallic/nonmetallic airport screening procedure, is being reviewed in another independent safety...
- Security Shortlines. // Air Safety Week;2/28/2011, Vol. 25 Issue 9, p15
The article reports that the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is working to create a more risk-based approach to passenger screening. TSA Administrator John Pistole noted that today's one-size fits all approach doesn't make sense in terms of security and efficiency, and pointed...
- Aviation Security: TSA's Cost and Performance Study of Private-Sector Airport Screening. // GAO Reports;2/9/2009, p1
The article presents an overview of the study, conducted by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which examined the cost and performance of services at Screening Partnership Program (SPP) and non-SPP airports. It is found that the SPP has some strengths and limitations,...
- It's a Make or Break Year For TSA's New Attitude. // Airport Security Report;1/18/2006, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1
The author comments on the changes to airport screening procedures made by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). He states that the TSA applied risk analysis after it relaxed its rules on prohibited items and passenger screenings. He notes that the diversion of its resources to...
