Trusted Traveler reaches million members – Homeland Security Newswire
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced yesterday that the agency’s Trusted Traveler Programs have reached one million members. Trusted Traveler Programs include Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, and FAST.
TSA will provide a tracking number for those calling to report suspicious activity – Homeland Security Newswire
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), through a notice in the Federal Register, yesterday announced that individuals who contact the TSA Contact Center (TCC) to report suspicious activity will now receive a tracking number as confirmation of their phone call or e-mail – thus fulfilling a key requirement of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 and providing improved follow-up tools for both TSA and the reporting individual.
The congressional mandate to screen not only domestic U.S. air cargo but now also screen 100 percent of all international inbound cargo continues to confound cargo carriers, freight forwarders and shippers. A recent article in Air Cargo World summed up U.S. and international views of different parties in the aviation supply chain — the consensus, in a nutshell, being confusion. I had the opportunity to offer a few comments
After DHS Secretary Napolitano announced the new terror alert system, National Public Radio covered the event and called on contributor to Security Debrief Kevin McCarthy to help explain the issue. Here is a brief excerpt from a story. Check out the full story to read more about McCarthy’s comments.
Republican Bill Would Expand Use Of Private Airport Screeners – HSToday
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee introduced a bill Friday to expand the use of private screeners at US airports that choose to hire a commercial company rather than rely on the federal workforce of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
GAO: TSA’s behavior screening program has no scientific proof that it works – Homeland Security Newswire
Last week a Government Accountability Office (GAO) official testified before Congress stating that the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) behavioral analysis program contained critical flaws and was unable to identify terrorists at least twenty-three times as they boarded aircrafts.
Democrats Press For Biometric Screening Of Flight Crews – HSToday
Democratic leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee pressed the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Tuesday to ensure a biometric solution for airplane crewmember screening.
US blocks 350 suspected terrorists from planes – MSNBC
The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights since the end of 2009, The Associated Press has learned.
Lawmaker: TSA should supply screening technology to foreign countries – NextGov
Transportation Security Administration experts have traveled the globe to train foreign aviation officials in countries that lack resources, but TSA is not allowed to offer surplus security technology to those nations, say some lawmakers who see the limitation as a threat to the U.S. supply chain and public safety.
House Panel Explores TSA Resources For Global Aviation Security – HSToday
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requires more people to conduct overseas inspections of airports in foreign countries to ensure they comply with acceptable global aviation security standards, the TSA official responsible for those inspections told a House panel Thursday.
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