David Pekoske

TSA chief sees potential for AI to reduce burdens on security screeners

TSA Administrator David Pekoske also says the agency wants to hire more security screeners so the workforce can have more flexibilities.

Artificial Intelligence

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Since recent pay raise, fewer feds leaving TSA

Federal Newscast

TSA finally gets its pay raise: Here’s how we got here, and what comes next

Federal Report

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Hydrick Thomas, the president of TSA Council 100 for the American Federation of Government Employees, speaks about TSA pay raises during a July 27 press conference at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC.

‘Long overdue’ TSA pay raises bring salaries in line with rest of federal workforce

Pay

AP/Lynne Sladky

TSA chief pushes back on bill that would reverse pay increases for non-screening workforce

Pay

Christmas in July: Omnibus would give TSA employees pay raise next summer

Pay

People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

TSA to release ‘innovation doctrine’ for embracing new technologies and ideas

Technology

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen past the base of the Washington Monument just before sunrise in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced a partial government shutdown early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to start erecting a border wall with Mexico. Overall, more than 800,000 federal employees would see their jobs disrupted, including more than half who would be forced to continue working without pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

What’s next on the Hill, now that the House has passed the Defense authorization bill

Congress

TSA chief says pay equity his top priority as TSO bill awaits Senate action

Pay

TSA hiring DEI chief to help tackle lack of diversity among senior ranks

Hiring/Retention

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

Pay & Benefits

White House proposes major pay raise for TSA screening workforce in 2023

The Biden is asking Congress to bring TSA employees pay and benefits in line with much of the rest of the federal workforce.

Workforce

Federal employee union presses DHS to follow through on expanding collective bargaining for TSOs

The American Federation of Government Employees is at odds with TSA Administrator David Pekoske over what the union says is an unnecessary delay in expanding…

Unions

File - In this May 11, 2021 file photo, a Colonial Pipeline station is seen in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta. The Department of Homeland Security has announced new requirements for U.S. pipeline operators to bolster cybersecurity following a May ransomware attack that disrupted gas delivery across the East Coast.(AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

TSA makes changes to new cyber requirements after industry feedback

Cybersecurity

TSA is expected to issue new security directives for passenger and freight rail operators in the coming weeks.