Transportation Security Administration

  • The Transportation Security Administration has announced plans to expand its CrewPASS program (pdf) using biometrics to verify the identities of flight crew members. Captain John Prater is the President of Air Line Pilots Association, International.…

    August 11, 2009
  • The Transportation Security Administration may soon be forced to give its workers collective bargaining rights. Legislation giving workers the right to unionize continues to make its way through the House Homeland Security Committee. Congressman Bennie…

    July 08, 2009
  • The old excuse “this is how we’ve always done it” doesn’t apply to one agency, says Wendell Shingler, former Executive Director of the National Incident Response Unit at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and former Director…

    June 24, 2009
  • Lawmakers question TSA, NPPD on 2010 budget proposals. Rep. Jackson-Lee says NPPD may need to be reorganized.

    June 11, 2009
  • The deadline for implementation of Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (or TWIC cards) has officially passed. Now, the Coast Guard is working to develop requirements for the card readers that will be deployed at ports across…

    May 07, 2009
  • She WAS Assistant Administrator for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs for the Transportation Security Administration. Now, Ellen Howe is on the outside of the government, as a Vice President in the Homeland Security practice at…

    March 26, 2009
  • The challenge of managing DHS, and the state of travel safety.

    March 15, 2009
  • Fed employee union scatters over Capitol to lobby

    March 04, 2009
  • Review part of Napolitano\'s priorities for department

    February 26, 2009
  • Employees at the Transportation Security Administration have new uniforms, but not everyone’s happy about it. Some have complained that they are causing rashes and skin irritations. The American Federation of Government Employees stepped in –…

    January 13, 2009
  • Employees at the Transportation Security Administration have new uniforms, but not everyone’s happy about it. Some have complained that they are causing rashes and skin irritations. The American Federation of Government Employees stepped in –…

    January 13, 2009
  • The Transportation Security Administration is a relatively new agency, but it’s one of the most well-known by the public. Current TSA Administrator Kip Hawley has been on the job there since the summer of 2005…

    January 09, 2009
  • The Transportation Security Administration is a relatively new agency, but it’s one of the most well-known by the public. Current TSA Administrator Kip Hawley has been on the job there since the summer of 2005…

    January 09, 2009