Transportation Security
TSA Proposes Large Aircraft Security Regulation
Oct 16, 2008
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has transmitted to the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would strengthen the security of general aviation by further minimizing the vulnerability of aircraft being used as weapons or to transport dangerous people or materials....
DHS Plans To Improve Visitor Entry Wins Over TIA
Oct 2, 2008
The Travel Industry Association (TIA) has recently approved new measures from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to strengthen airport security and streamline passenger screening. ...
Rail Security Operation Prepares AMTRAK, TSA, Law Enforcement
Oct 2, 2008
Amtrak Office of Security Strategy and Special Operations (OSSSO), Amtrak Police, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel and officers from approximately 100 commuter rail, state and local police agencies mobilized late last month for the largest joint, simultaneous Northeast rail security operation of its kind....
DHS Scans Incoming Cargo At Airports
Sep 12, 2008
The Homeland Security Department will put all incoming air cargo through radiation detectors at the nation's airports to try to prevent terrorists from smuggling radioactive bombs into the United States....
Chicago Airport Gives Surprise Cargo X-ray Inspection Tests
Sep 3, 2008
A mobile X-ray machine capable of screening the contents of large cargo containers was recently used for the first time to check trucks entering O'Hare International Airport, authorities said....
Terrorism and Transportation Conference Concludes In New York
Aug 7, 2008
More than 700 law enforcement personnel, intelligence professionals and private sector officials attended the Terrorism and Transportation Conference in New York, hosted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)....
TSA Announces Security Recommendations for Motor Carriers
Jul 24, 2008
To help ensure the secure transportation of potentially dangerous materials, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced a set of voluntary security recommendations for safe mobility across the nation’s highways....
Airport Employees Get Screened Like Passengers
Jun 26, 2008
Airport workers are part of a test ordered by Congress that aims to find out whether aviation security can be improved by screening employees every time they enter a restricted zone....
TWIC Help Desk Not Up To Standards
Jun 26, 2008
Mismanagement of the TWIC help desk, the contractor-run telephone service that is supposed to help workers and employers with problems related to the Transportation Worker Identification Card, is having a profoundly negative effect on the men and women who comprise "the valuable eyes and ears of our nation’s transportation system," says U.S. Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security....
TSA Launches Employee Screening Pilot Programs At Seven Airports
May 29, 2008
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched 90-day employee screening pilots at seven airports as a requirement of the Omnibus Appropriations Act passed by Congress in January 2008....
CBP Now Accepting Global Entry Pilot Program Applications
May 15, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has begun processing applications for the Global Entry pilot program designed to expedite the screening and processing of low-risk, frequent international travelers entering the United States....
Boost On Passenger Security Fee Opposed By Panel
May 15, 2008
Senate Commerce Committee leaders have voiced opposition to a proposed increase in the passenger security fee intended to fund airport inline baggage screening systems....
Iris Readers Speed Travelers Through Security
May 1, 2008
Verified Identity Pass Inc., New York, the operator of the Clear (flyclear.com) airport security fast-pass system, is deploying biometric iris readers...
Technology At The Ports
Larry Anderson Stephanie Silk Michael Fickes Rafi Bhonker
The Port of Los Angeles, located in San Pedro Bay, is Southern California's 7,500-acre gateway to international commerce. Throughout 43 miles of waterfront...
TSA Canine Program To Enhance Air Cargo Security
Mar 1, 2008
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented a new canine program to enhance explosives detection capabilities in air cargo facilities...
Report Finds Inconclusive Answers To Radiation Detector Test
Mar 1, 2008
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tests of new radiation detection machines last year did not show whether the costly devices performed well enough...
NYC Subway Becomes Home To Improved Security
Feb 7, 2008
In what officials describe as a first for a U.S. mass transit system, teams of police officers armed with submachine guns and bomb-sniffing dogs will soon begin daily patrols of the busiest sections of New York City subways.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has said that a major boost in funding from the Department of Homeland Security made the extra protection possible for the city's vast subway system, long considered a potential target for terrorists.
"Whether conventional crime or terrorist threat, we will not let our guard down," Kelly said at a news conference at Grand Central Terminal, where officials announced the increase in security dollars....
Walk, Screen and Detect
By Stephanie Silk
In October 2007, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it would award $52.3 million in contracts to deploy security technology...
Aviation Security Progress Report
By Michael Fickes
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted two studies of the nation's aviation security system during 2007. Both evaluated progress made by...
10 To Go
Oct 1, 2007
Innovation is changing the landscape of transportation security. Here are some examples of new technologies to watch. Transmitting Video Wirelessly An...
MARITIME SECURITY: Protecting Naval Vessels
Oct 1, 2007
The U.S. Navy protects its ships using what looks like a series of tennis nets sitting on cylindrical-shaped floats that fasten together to form a floating...
PSU Study Assesses The Security Of America's Railroad System
Oct 1, 2007
Two Pennsylvania State University (PSU) faculty members have conducted a study that identifies potential threats to America's railroad system, examines...
A Crash Synopsis
By David Dickinson
In 1985, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DOS) published the original vehicle test barrier methods SD-STD-02.01 to assess...
Man's Best Partner
By Stephanie Silk
Canine teams are a core element of explosives detection. Since Sept. 11, there has been an increased demand for this kind of detection, and proposed legislation...
Scanning Without Embarrassment
By Stephanie Silk
Having a body scan completed at airport security screening can be invasive. Those who are chosen usually at random have their taken, and the often revealing...
