Transportation Security Administration

For federal accessibility managers, adding ‘A’ to new DEIA initiative is a welcome change

A recent executive order forces all of government to consider how the federal work environment — from the digital tools agencies use to the physical…

Management

Mayorkas outlines whole-of-DHS response behind latest cyber sprint

Cybersecurity

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

Workforce

(Photo by Glenn Fawcett)

As part of CBP’s one-to-one biometric facial recognition testing on inbound, international flights, a traveler has his photo taken and compared against his passport photo to confirm his identity at Dulles Airport. Photo by Glenn Fawcett

CBP building on facial recognition successes as travelers reap benefits of expedited process

Technology

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/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, as Congress returns to a busy schedule and Democratic lawmakers are laboring to shoulder President Joe Biden's massive $3.5 trillion

OMB tells agencies to start planning for possible government shutdown

Government Shutdown

A Tuesday like no other: An oral history of 9/11 through the eyes of federal employees

Workforce

Travelers wear face coverings in the line for the south north security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Denver. Two months after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Transportation Security Administration, a force of federal airport screeners that replaced the private companies that airlines were hiring to handle security. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

TSA increasing fines for those who violate federal mask mandate in airports

Federal Newscast

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)

20 years after 9/11, TSA officers renew calls for higher pay

Workforce

Colonial Pipeline storage tanks are seen in Woodbridge, N.J., Monday, May 10, 2021. Gasoline futures are ticking higher following a cyberextortion attempt on the Colonial Pipeline, a vital U.S. pipeline that carries fuel from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Biden administration eyes mandates under new effort to improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

St. Elizabeths Center Building Rendering (Source: Goody Clancy)

CISA headquarters plans finalized as DHS consolidated campus reaches ‘critical mass’

Agency Oversight

Cooperation between the corporate and federal sectors still has a long way to go

The ongoing ransomware attacks have everybody spooked. Congress and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are both contemplating ways to…

Cybersecurity

Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

CISA under pressure to put more teeth in cyber requirements following Colonial Pipeline attack

Lawmakers are questioning whether CISA is involved enough in responding to cyber incidents and overseeing the security of critical infrastructure sectors.

Cybersecurity

White House makes fighting corruption a major focal point of national security policy

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, a new White House memorandum establishes fighting corruption as a core national security interest for the Biden administration.

Transportation Security Administration

For federal accessibility managers, adding ‘A’ to new DEIA initiative is a welcome change

Mayorkas outlines whole-of-DHS response behind latest cyber sprint

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

CBP building on facial recognition successes as travelers reap benefits of expedited process

TSA officers score MSPB appeal rights under new agreement

OMB tells agencies to start planning for possible government shutdown

A Tuesday like no other: An oral history of 9/11 through the eyes of federal employees

TSA increasing fines for those who violate federal mask mandate in airports

20 years after 9/11, TSA officers renew calls for higher pay

Biden administration eyes mandates under new effort to improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity

CISA headquarters plans finalized as DHS consolidated campus reaches ‘critical mass’

Cooperation between the corporate and federal sectors still has a long way to go

CISA under pressure to put more teeth in cyber requirements following Colonial Pipeline attack

White House makes fighting corruption a major focal point of national security policy

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