Digital Government
How to zip your laptop through TSA airport security
GCN Lab's Trudy Walsh usually checks her 10-pound laptop in her luggage when she flies. How has your laptop fared going through airport security?
Cybersecurity
Blogger Spotlight: TSA's Blogger Bob
Curtis 'Bob' Burns brings subject-matter expertise and a sense of humor to the Transportation Security Administration blog.
Cybersecurity
TSA contractors performed government-only work, IG concludes
TSA allowed contractors to review invoices for other contractors in apparent violation of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, according to a new report from the Homeland Security Department inspector general's office.
Cybersecurity
Senators look to Amsterdam for airport technology
Computer-based auto-detection technology deployed at Amsterdam’s airport to screen passengers for explosives could be useful in the United States, according to some senators.
Digital Government
Majority OK with airport full-body scan, report says
In a recent Unisys survey, 65 percent of air travelers found full electronic body scans to be acceptable.
Cybersecurity
GAO on board with Secure Flight plans
The Transportation Security Administration has generally achieved all 10 statutory conditions for its program to take over the checking of air travelers against watch lists.
Digital Government
Former TSA employee charged with infecting databases
A former Transportation Security Administration data analyst has beenn charged with injecting malicious code into two TSA databases last year, about a week before his employment was about to end.
Cybersecurity
Obama announces new pick to head TSA
Robert Harding, former director for operations at the Defense Intelligence Agency, is President Barack Obama's new pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration.
Cybersecurity
CDC, other agencies find social media an elixir for healthier public relations
Social media experts from the CDC, Transportation Security Administration and NASA share tips and best practices about building successful Web 2.0 tools.
Digital Government
TSA told to restart competition for IT infrastructure work
The Government Accountability Office told TSA to restart the competition for the Information Technology Infrastructure Program, putting TSA back at square one.
Cybersecurity
Candidate for TSA top job withdraws from consideration
The Transportation Security Administration is still without a leader now that White House nominee Erroll Southers has withdrawn from consideration.
Digital Government
Senior lawmaker urges diligence on aviation screening technology
After the failed attempt to detonate a bomb aboard a commercial airliner, Rep. Bennie Thompson says information sharing and aviation security technologies demand immediate attention.
Cybersecurity
President calls for urgent improvements to anti-terrorism efforts
President Barack Obama has directed his security team to take technology-related security measures to bolster homeland security and thwart terrorist attacks.
Cybersecurity
TWIC card reader tests need best practices, GAO says
GAO gave TSA a mixed review in its latest evaluation of the transportation worker ID card program.
Digital Government
In wake of TSA breach, a refresher on redacting PDFs
The exposure of the Transportation Security Administration's operations manual will likely prompt agnecies to review the National Security Agency's guidance on how to safely redact information from documents posted to the Web.
Cybersecurity
Exit system for foreign travelers stands at a crossroads
The Obama administration is poised to decide whether to proceed with a program to use biometrics to keep track of foreign visitors' departures.
Cybersecurity
TSA needs privacy IT tools, IG says
The TSA has made progress in implementing privacy protections, but still needs to beef up its monitoring and enforcement with automated tools, DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner says.
Cybersecurity