Transportation Security Officers

Christmas in July: Omnibus would give TSA employees pay raise next summer

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.

Pay

TSA hiring DEI chief to help tackle lack of diversity among senior ranks

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

Pay & Benefits

White House proposes major pay raise for TSA screening workforce in 2023

Workforce

FILE - Voters arrive to cast the their ballots on Election Day at City Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. The first major election day following a year of relentless attacks on voting rights and election officials went off largely without a hitch. The relative calm was a relief to those who oversee state and local elections, but election experts say that might not matter to the millions of Americans who now believe in conspiracy theories trumpeting rampant electoral fraud. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal employees can now take paid leave to vote and work at the polls

Federal Newscast

Federal employee union presses DHS to follow through on expanding collective bargaining for TSOs

Unions

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

Federal Newscast

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

Transportation Security Officers are carefully watching a bill in Congress that could change their lives

Workforce

FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The civilian official overseeing the Pentagon's campaign to defeat the Islamic State group in the Middle East has resigned in the latest jolt to Pentagon leadership in the waning weeks of the Trump administration.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon wants white hat hackers to try and penetrate all of its websites

Federal Newscast

TSA inches closer to putting officers on general schedule despite veto threat

Federal Newscast

Congress could help with staff shortages at airports

Warning of long lines and flight delays, the union representing Transportation Security Administration officers said airports are understaffed, officers…

Congress

Jennifer Wexton, Brenda Lawrence, Steny Hoyer

Virginia lawmaker asks presidential candidates for plans to reinvigorate federal service

In today’s Federal Newscast, in an open letter to the Democratic candidates for president, Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) asked them how they plan to rebuild…

Federal Newscast

TSA examining pay, retention options as part of workforce reforms

Special Bulletin Review: Securing our Citizens while Modernizing

TSA is trying figure out the best way to improve the way it pays its employees, while reducing attrition and boosting retention.