Transportation Security Officers

Justin Doubleday/Federal News NetworkHydrick 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

Airport screeners and other Transportation Security Administration employees have received a major pay increase to bring their salaries on par with the…

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

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

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TSA Administrator David Pekoske

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

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(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)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

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

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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

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department has expanded its program of using external hackers to probe systems for cybersecurity vulnerability.

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Ron Wyden

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, members of Congress are taking different approaches to make sure agency telework policies remain unhindered.

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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 underpaid.

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