Transportation Security Administration

Senators want to scrap TSA’s use of facial recognition

In today’s Federal Newscast: Some Senators have introduced legislation to scrap TSA’s use of facial recognition at airports. The Office of Special Counsel…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this May 18, 2020 file photo TSA officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Federal safety officials are investigating people who took part in last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol to decide whether they belong on the federal no-fly list. The move is one of several that officials outlined Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

TSA plans to set up ‘data mesh,’ coordinate efforts through cloud center of excellence

Big Data

Transportation Security Administration officers work at a checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. The TSA acknowledged an increase in the number of its employees calling off work during the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

The TSA is found to have some serious cybersecurity deficiencies

Cybersecurity

At TSA and across DHS, employees prepare to work without pay under government shutdown

Government Shutdown

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

What a lapse in funding might look like in October of 2023

Congress

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

FILE- In this Thursday, June 21, 2018 photo, air passengers heading to their departure gates enter TSA pre-check before going through security screening at Orlando International Airport, in Orlando, Fla. Investigators were unable to corroborate specific allegations that a Transportation Security Administration supervisor instructed air marshals to racially discriminate against passengers at Florida's busiest airport. But investigators for the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General uncovered other concerns about racial profiling of passengers by other TSA supervisors at Orlando International Airport, according to a report sent to lawmakers last week. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

DHS’ new directorate is on a mission to ‘CX all the things’

Management

FISMA reform bill moves forward in Senate, while CMMC goes to White House review

Cybersecurity

DHS plans to temporarily waive some REAL ID requirements for state-issued mobile driver’s licenses

Technology

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

Pay

DHS launching new ‘customer experience’ directorate this month

The directorate is being led by former USDS official Dana Chisnell. The goal is to support DHS’s “high impact service providers” and other components.