Download or read book A Review of Transportation Security Administration TSA s Opt Out Program written by Hari K. Sadhu and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of the Transportation Security Administration s Air Cargo Screening Exemptions Report written by Cathleen A. Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an assessment of the methodology used by the Secretary of Homeland Security for maintaining, changing or eliminating an exemption under 49 U.S.C. paragraph 44901(i)(1). A report was issued with a restricted version of this briefing in July 2008. All information considered Sensitive Security Information by the Transportation Security Admin. has been removed from this product.
Download or read book Lost in the Shuffle written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Security Administration Review of the TSA Passenger and Baggage Screening Pilot Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Security Administration Review of the Tsa Passenger and Baggage Screening Pilot Program written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transportation Security Administration review of the TSA passenger and baggage screening pilot program .
Download or read book Review of the Transportation Security Administration s TSA Air Cargo Screening Exemptions Report written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report formally transmits the attached briefing in response to section 1602(b) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. The act requires the Comptroller General to provide an assessment of the methodology used by the Secretary of Homeland Security for maintaining, changing or eliminating an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 44901(i)(1). We provided the mandated reporting committees with a restricted version of this briefing in July 2008. Based on the results of our review, we are not making any recommendations for congressional consideration or agency action. All information considered Sensitive Security Information by the Transportation Security Administration has been removed from this product. --P. 1.
Download or read book Aviation Security written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Security Administration s Processes for Designating and Releasing Sensitive Security Information written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Security written by Cathleen A. Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) uses undercover, or covert, testing to approximate techniques that terrorists may use to identify vulnerabilities in and measure the performance of airport security systems. During these tests, undercover inspectors attempt to pass threat objects through passenger and baggage screening systems, and access secure airport areas. This report examined: TSA¿s strategy for conducting covert testing of the transportation system and the extent to which the agency has designed and implemented its covert tests to achieve identified goals; and the results of TSA¿s national aviation covert tests conducted from 9/02 to 9/07, and the extent to which TSA uses the results of these tests to mitigate security vulnerabilities.
Download or read book Aviation Security written by Stephen M. Lord and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To enhance aviation security, the Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) began initial testing in Oct. 2003 of its Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program. Behavior Detection Officers carry out SPOT's mission to identify persons who pose a risk to aviation security by focusing on behavioral and appearance indicators. This report reviewed the SPOT program and analyzed: (1) the extent to which TSA validated the SPOT program before deployment; (2) implementation challenges; and (3) the extent to which TSA measures SPOT's effect on aviation security. The report analyzed TSA documents; interviewed agency personnel and subject matter experts; and visited 15 SPOT airports. Charts and tables.
Download or read book TSA s Preparedness for Mass Transit and Passenger Rail Emergencies written by Patrick O'Malley and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluates the Transportation Security Admin.¿s (TSA) effectiveness in supporting mass transit and passenger rail agencies in preparing for and responding to emergency incidents. It is based on interviews with employees and officials of relevant agencies and institutions, direct observations, and a review of applicable documents. Contents: Background; Results of Audit: TSA Can Improve Its Assistance to Passenger Rail Agencies; Conclusion; Recommendations; Management Comments and Audit Analysis; Appendices. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Transportation Security Administration written by Stephen M. Lord and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transportation Security Admin.'s (TSA) Transportation Security Exec. Service (TSES) consists of exec.-level staff serving in key agency positions just below political appointees. Questions have been raised about the frequency of turnover within the TSES. Accordingly, this report examines: (1) TSES attrition and how it compares with that of Senior Exec. Service staff in other cabinet-level departments; (2) the reasons TSES staff separated from TSA; and (3) TSA efforts to mange TSES attrition consistent with effective management practices. The report analyzed data within the Office of Personnel Mgmt. Central Personnel Data File, reviewed TSA human capital policies and procedures, and interviewed former TSES staff. Illustrations.
Download or read book Oversight of the Transportation Security Administration written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Security Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation and Surface Transportation Security Programs But More Work Remains written by Cathleen A. Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception, the Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) has focused much of its efforts on aviation security, and has developed and implemented a variety of programs and procedures to secure commercial aviation. More recently, TSA has taken actions to secure the nation's surface transportation modes. TSA funding for aviation security has totaled about $26 billion since FY 2004, and for surface transportation security activities, about $175 million since FY 2005. This testimony focuses on TSA¿s efforts to secure the commercial aviation system -- through passenger screening, air cargo, and watch-list matching programs -- and the nation's surface transportation modes. It also addresses challenges remaining in these areas. Ill.
Download or read book Surface Transportation Security written by Stephen M. Lord and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorist attacks on surface transportation facilities in Moscow, Mumbai, London, and Madrid caused casualties and highlighted the vulnerability of such systems. The Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) is the primary fed. agency responsible for security of transportation systems. This testimony focuses on the extent to which: (1) DHS has used risk management in strengthening surface transportation security; (2) TSA has coordinated its strategy and efforts for securing surface transportation with stakeholders; (3) TSA has measured the effectiveness of its surface transportation security-improvement actions; and (4) TSA has made progress in deploying surface transportation security inspectors and related challenges it faces in doing so.
Download or read book Transportation Security written by Cathleen Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorist incidents worldwide have highlighted the need for securing mass transit and passenger rail systems. The Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) is the primary fed. entity responsible for securing these systems. This report assesses: (1) the extent to which fed. and industry stakeholders have assessed risks to these systems since 2004, and how TSA has used this information to inform its security strategy; (2) key actions fed. and industry stakeholders have taken since 2004 and the extent to which fed. actions are consistent with TSA's security strategy, and the challenges TSA faces in implementing them; and (3) TSA's reported status in implementing 9/11 Commission Act provisions for mass transit and passenger rail security. Illus.
Download or read book Transportation Security written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Within the Department of HomelandSecurity (DHS), the TransportationSecurity Administration (TSA)manages several credentialingprograms, which include backgroundchecking (known as Security ThreatAssessments) and issuing credentialsto transportation workers requiringunescorted access to the nation'stransportation facilities. The number ofTSA programs and their potential forredundancy with state and localgovernment programs has raisedquestions about these credentialingprograms. In response to a mandate inthe Coast Guard Authorization Act of2010, GAO examined TSAcredentialing programs to identify (1)the roles and responsibilities of federaland nonfederal government entitiesrelated to TSA's transportation workercredentialing programs and how theycompare, and (2) any key challengesTSA faced in ensuring theeffectiveness of its credentialingprograms. GAO reviewed programdocumentation, such as programprocesses, and conducted structuredinterviews with selected airports, portauthorities, and state agencies. GAOselected nonfederal governmententities based on volume ofpassengers, truckers, and cargo."
