David Pekoske

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

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

Cybersecurity

TSA Administrator David Pekoske

TSA’s biggest challenge in two decades? Securing better pay for frontline workers, leaders say

Workforce

(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

FILE - In this June 24, 2020, file photo, a Transportation Security Administration officer works at Love Field in Dallas. President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic -- a “strong wall” that allowed only U.S. citizens inside, he boasted in May. But Trump’s wall was more like a sieve. Exempted were thousands of residents of the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macau. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

TSA officers score MSPB appeal rights under new agreement

Workforce Rights/Governance

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

In this Monday, June 27, 2016, photo, a passenger passes by a sign for the Transportation Security Administration's TSA Precheck line in Terminal A at Logan Airport in Boston. By air or car, summer 2017 travel numbers are expected to rise over the previous year thanks to deals on airfares and stable gasoline prices. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Biden administration orders TSA to expand union rights, explore pay reform for screeners

Workforce

Pres. Biden looks to puts a hold on any midnight regulations from the Trump administration

Federal Newscast

Clarence Shields, an Army veteran, pickets with a small group of activists from the American Federation of Government Employees local 424 and the National Association of Government Employees local R3-19 during the coronavirus pandemic, outside the Baltimore VA Medical Center, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Baltimore. The Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling with shortages of workers at its health care facilities as it cares for veterans infected with the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Thousands impacted as coronavirus takes toll on veterans, VA staff

Federal Newscast

A TSA worker helps passengers at the Salt Lake City International Airport Wednesday Jan., 16, 2019, in Salt Lake City. The government shutdown has generated an outpouring of generosity to TSA agents and other federal employees who are working without pay. In Salt Lake City, airport officials treated workers from the TSA, FAA and Customs and Border Protection to a free barbecue lunch as a gesture to keep their spirits up during a difficult time. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

What to do about the TSA? Hint: Pay them more

Tom Temin Commentary

TSA leaders promise to make the agency a better place to work

Federal Newscast

House dems say 2020 budget ‘dead-on-arrival’ for TSA, Coast Guard

Budget

from testimony Sept 27, 2018

Lawmakers may sue for subpoenaed documents, committee warns TSA

Congress

TSA Administrator David Pekoske

Report blasts TSA leadership for ‘toxic culture,’ blames it for high attrition, poor morale

Congress