Transportation Security Administration
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In the relatively brief 21 years since its inception, the Transportation Security Administration has gone through a lot of change. Everything from its uniforms to its screening technology has been thought and re-thought.
December 30, 2022 -
The government funding bill includes $398 million to bring TSA salaries in line with the rest of the federal workforce and the General Schedule system.
December 22, 2022 -
The Homeland Security Advisory Council's latest report suggest better staffing models, improved technology and other actions could improve CX at several DHS components.
December 09, 2022 -
We get mixed results when dialing into the federal and the commercial turkey-cooking hotlines.
November 23, 2022 -
The White House and agencies are moving out with new cyber requirements for water, healthcare, and emergency communications.
October 14, 2022 -
TSA is looking to scale up a pilot program that uses CBP's "Traveler Verification Service" to check the identity of travelers at airports.
October 11, 2022 -
TSA Administrator David Pekoske thinks common data standards will help his agency more quickly adopt new security screening tech.
October 06, 2022 -
During this exclusive webinar, moderator Jason Miller will discuss how data-driven insights and automation can improve customer experience with agency and industry leaders.
October 03, 2022 -
DHS is aiming to hire "hundreds" to help improve customer experiences ranging from air travel to the immigration process.
September 08, 2022 -
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the U.S. Forest Service and Defense Logistics Agency are teaming up to fight fires. And President Biden appoints the first woman to lead the National Cancer Institute.
August 11, 2022 -
Every organization talks about innovating and hiring innovators, but how to you find such people? Sabra Horne, an entrepreneur-in-residence at BMNT and former CISA innovation hub chief joined the Federal Drive to give her view.
July 29, 2022 -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection sometimes faces distrust, even antagonism, among citizens and non-citizens officers encounter. To help ease this problem, CBP created a new position called senior community relations manager. The person taking on that job is Nawar Shora. Tom Temin talked to Mr. Shora on THE FEDERAL DRIVE.
July 20, 2022 -
The Homeland Security Science and Technology directorate works to develop new technologies and get them into commercial production. A lot of work has focused on technologies to speed up airport screening and make it more accurate. Now a unit of Science and Technology has won an interagency partnership award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium. Specifically, high definition advanced imaging and shoe scanner technology. Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with the program manager John Fortune.
July 20, 2022 -
In a bit of progress for regular order, the House last week managed to pass its version of the National Defense Authorization Act. And, members will get down to the 2023 spending bills this week.
July 18, 2022 -
The House will consider several workforce-related amendments to the 2023 Defense Authorization Act, including bringing TSA employees under Title 5.
July 13, 2022