Articles Tagged with ''TSA''

What do a grenade, ectasy pills and nunchucks have in common? They were all found at TSA checkpoints last week.

The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority received the TSA's Gold Standard Award on Wednesday.

TSA announced Wednesday that it will begin testing new risk-based procedures to reduce the number of pat-downs on elderly customers.

Companies wanting to take over passenger screening at U.S. airports from the TSA will have an easier time getting contracts under Senate legislation.

The size of the government's "no fly" list, or people who are banned from flying to or within the United States has more than doubled in the past year.

 MoneyGram International has appointed Peter Caddigan vice president for global security and investigations.

The recent controversy of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) increased use of passenger pat downs and full body image scanning has re-ignited the rhetoric around privatization of TSA screeners at U.S. airports. This increased scrutiny comes at a time when many travelers, lawmakers, privacy advocates and the general public  re already voicing  criticism of the TSA’s reliance on screening methods that many characterize as overly aggressive and a violation of privacy.

TSA is developing a faster airport security screening process for passengers considered to be low security risks, said a Reuters report.

Passengers should not fear new airport scanners, said an article published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine.

The U.S. Travel Association wants adoption of a trusted traveler program to make airport screening faster and encourage more travel.