Download or read book Implementation and Coordination of TSA s Secure Flight Program redacted written by United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of the Department of Homeland Security s Certification of the Secure Flight Program written by Stephen M. Lord and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The matching of airline passenger info. against terrorist watchlist records is a frontline defense against acts of terrorism that target the our civil aviation system. Passengers identified as matches to the No-Fly list are prohibited from boarding commercial flights, while those matched to the Selectee list are required to undergo additional screening. The TSA has developed an advanced passenger prescreening program -- known as Secure Flight -- that matches passenger info. against terrorist watchlist records. This report discusses the challenges the program has faced, incl.: protecting passenger privacy, completing performance testing, fully defining and testing security requirements, and establishing reliable cost and schedule estimates, among other things.
Download or read book Implementation and Coordination of Tsa s Secure Flight Program Redacted written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implementation and coordination of TSA's Secure Flight Program (redacted).
Download or read book Aviation security significant management challenges may adversely affect implementation of the Transportation Security Adminstration s Secure Flight Program testimony before the Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation U S Senate written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secure Flight Program written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the Department of Homeland Seucrity, Transportation Secuirty Administration's (TSA) new rule on the Secure Flight Program. GAO found that (1) the final rule establishes TSA's Secure Flight program, under which TSA will receive passenger and certain non-traveler information, compare that information to the No Fly and Selectee portions of the federal government's consolidated terrorist watch-list, and transmit a printed boarding pass result to the aircraft operators; and (2) that TSA complied with the applicable requirements in promulgating the rule. --P. 1.
Download or read book Aviation Security written by Cathleen A. Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes two reports. In an effort to strengthen aviation security, a new passenger prescreening system known as Secure Flight (SF) is being developed by the TSA. (1) Measures for Testing the Impact of Using Commercial Data for the SF Program: review & analysis of TSA's draft statement of work for commercial data concept testing. Assesses the measures against performance measurement criteria developed based on best practices. (2) Secure Flight Development & Testing Under Way, but Risks Should Be Managed: Assesses the status of SF's development & implementation, factors that could influence its effectiveness, processes used to manage the SF program, & efforts to minimize the impacts on passengers & protect passenger rights. Illus.
Download or read book Secure Flight Program written by Hellen E. Spear and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had applied relatively uniform methods to screen airline passengers, focusing primarily on advances in screening technology to improve security and efficiency. TSA has recently shifted away from this approach, which assumes a uniform level of risk among all airline travellers, to one that focuses more intently on passengers thought to pose elevated security risks. Risk-based passenger screening includes a number of initiatives that fit within a broader framework addressing security risks, but specifically emphasizes the detection and management of potential threats posed by passengers. This book examines changes to the Secure Flight program since 2009; TSA's efforts to ensure that Secure Flight's screening determinations for passengers are implemented at airport checkpoints; and the extent to which program performance measures assess progress toward goals.
Download or read book Fr Secure Flight Program Final Rule Federal Register Publication Us Transportation Security Administration Regulation Tsa 2018 Edition written by The Law Library and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law Library presents the complete text of the FR - Secure Flight Program - Final Rule (Federal Register Publication) (US Transportation Security Administration Regulation) (TSA) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 2004 (IRTPA) requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assume from aircraft operators the function of conducting pre-flight comparisons of airline passenger information to Federal government watch lists for domestic flights and international flights to, from, and overflying the United States. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is issuing this final rule to implement that congressional mandate. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the FR - Secure Flight Program - Final Rule (Federal Register Publication) (US Transportation Security Administration Regulation) (TSA) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure
Download or read book Aviation Security written by Cathleen A. Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air carriers remain a front-line defense against acts of terrorism that target the nation¿s civil aviation system. A key responsibility of air carriers is to check passengers¿ names against terrorist watch-list records to identify persons who should be prevented from boarding (the No Fly List) or who should undergo additional security scrutiny (the Selectee List). Eventually, the Transport. Security Admin. (TSA) is to assume this responsibility through its Secure Flight program. However, due to program delays, air carriers retain this role. This report examined: (1) the watch-list-matching requirements air carriers must follow that have been established by TSA; and (2) the extent to which TSA has assessed air carriers¿ compliance with these requirements. Illus.
Download or read book Aviation Security written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secure Flight written by Jennifer Grover and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since 2009, the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight program has changed from a program that identifies passengers as high risk solely by matching them against the No Fly List, composed of individuals who should be precluded from boarding an aircraft, and the Selected List, composed of individuals who should receive enhanced screening at the airport security checkpoint, to one that assigns passengers a risk category: high risk, low risk, or unknown risk. Secure Flight has established program goals that reflect these new program functions; however, current program performance measures do not allow Secure Flight to fully assess its progress toward achieving all of its goals. Furthermore, TSA lacks timely and reliable information on all known cases of Secure Flight system matching errors. TSA has processes in place to implement Secure Flight screening determinations at airport checkpoints, but could take steps to enhance these processes. TSA information from May 2012 through February 2014 indicates that screening personnel have made errors in implementing Secure Flight determinations at the checkpoint. However, TSA does not have a process for systematically evaluating the root causes of these screening errors. Evaluating the root causes of screening errors, and then implementing corrective measures, in accordance with federal internal control standards, to address those causes could allow TSA to strengthen security screening at airports. The Department of Homeland Security Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP) affords passengers who may have been incorrectly matched to or listed on high-risk lists based on the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB)--the U.S. government's consolidated list of known and suspected terrorists--an opportunity to seek redress. Passengers who, through the redress process, are determined to have been misidentified to a TSDB-based high-risk list are added to the TSA Cleared List, which allows them to be cleared (not identified as high risk) nearly 100 percent of time. In fiscal year 2013, DHS TRIP began working to reduce processing time for its redress and appeals cases. Specifically, DHS has reduced its target for average number of days for redress cases to be closed and has established a performance goal for the appeals process. DHS TRIP plans to periodically review its progress in achieving its appeals performance goal and determine by February 2015 whether further changes to the appeals process are warranted. TSA has taken steps to implement several of the privacy oversight mechanisms it planned to establish when Secure Flight implementation began in 2009, but additional actions could allow TSA to sustain and strengthen its efforts. TSA has implemented privacy training for new Secure Flight staff, and all DHS employees receive annual privacy training. However, existing Secure Flight staff do not receive job-specific privacy refresher training consistent with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements. Providing job-specific privacy refresher training could further strengthen Secure Flight's protection of personally identifiable information. TSA also documents some aspects of its Secure Flight privacy oversight mechanisms, such as scheduled destructions of passenger data. However, TSA does not have a mechanism to comprehensively document and track key privacy-related issues and decisions that arise through the development and use of Secure Flight. In GAO's September 2014 reports, GAO recommended that TSA develop measures to address all aspects of performance related to Secure Flight program goals, develop a mechanism to systematically document the number and causes of Secure Flight system matching errors, develop a process to regularly evaluate the root causes of screening errors at security checkpoints and implement measures to address these causes, provide job-specific privacy refresher training for Secure Flight staff, and develop a mechanism to document and track key Secure Flight privacy issues and decisions. DHS concurred with GAO's recommendations."--Highlights.
Download or read book Aviation Security written by Cathleen A. Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To enhance aviation security, the Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) developed a program -- known as Secure Flight (SF) -- to assume from air carriers the function of matching passenger info. against terrorist watch-list records. This report assesses the extent to which TSA met the requirements of 10 conditions related to the development of the SF program. The auditor: (1) identified key activities related to each of the 10 conditions; (2) identified fed. guidance and best practices that are relevant to successfully meeting each condition; (3) analyzed whether TSA had demonstrated that the guidance was followed and best practices were met; and (4) assessed the risks assoc. with not fully following applicable guidance and meeting best practices.
Download or read book Secure Flight Tsa Could Take Additional Steps to Strengthen Privacy Oversight Mechanisms written by United States Government Accountability and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secure Flight program, as implemented pursuant to the 2008 Secure Flight Final Rule, requires commercial aircraft operators traveling to, from, within, or overflying the United States to collect information from passengers and transmit that information electronically to TSA. This information, known collectively as Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD), includes PII, including full name, gender, date of birth, passport information, and certain non-personally identifiable information provided by the airline, such as itinerary information and the unique number associated with a travel record (record number locator).
Download or read book Secure Flight written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2009, Secure Flight has changed from a program that identifies passengers as high risk solely by matching them against subsets of the TSDB, to one that uses PII and other information to assign passengers a risk category: high risk, low risk, or unknown risk. Secure Flight has established privacy oversight mechanisms to protect this PII. GAO was asked to assess the current status of the Secure Flight program. In July 2014, GAO reported on the status of the program's operations, including changes to the program since 2009, implementation of Secure Flight screening determinations at airport checkpoints, and program performance measures. This report examines (1) the extent to which TSA has implemented privacy oversight mechanisms to address Secure Flight privacy requirements, and (2) the extent to which DHS's redress process addresses any delays and inconveniences that result from Secure Flight screening. GAO analyzed TSA data for fiscal years 2011 through 2013 and documents-including Secure Flight privacy training materials, documentation of privacy protections, and processing times for redress cases-and interviewed relevant DHS officials.
Download or read book Secure Flight Tsa Should Take Additional Steps to Determine Program Effectiveness written by United States Government Accountability and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight program-established to identify those passengers who may pose security risks before boarding an aircraft-is a frontline defense against acts of terrorism that target the nation's civil aviation system. TSA developed and implemented Secure Flight in response to requirements in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and a recommendation of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission) that TSA assume from air carriers the function of matching passengers against watchlists maintained by the federal government.
Download or read book Secure Flight written by Jennifer A. Grover and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began using Secure Flight to screen passengers against high-risk lists. These lists, subsets of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) -- the U.S. government's consolidated list of known and suspected terrorists -- included the No Fly List, to identify those who should be prohibited from boarding flights, and the Selectee List, to identify those who should receive enhanced screening at airport checkpoints. This report examines (1) changes to the Secure Flight program since 2009; (2) TSA's efforts to ensure that Secure Flight's screening determinations for passengers are implemented at airport checkpoints; and (3) the extent to which program performance measures assess progress toward goals. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Secure Flight written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2009, DHS's TSA began using Secure Flight to screen passengers against high-risk lists. These lists, subsets of the TSDB-the U.S. government's consolidated list of known and suspected terrorists-included the No Fly List, to identify those who should be prohibited from boarding flights, and the Selectee List, to identify those who should receive enhanced screening at airport checkpoints. GAO was asked to assess the current status of the program. This report examines (1) changes to the Secure Flight program since 2009, (2) TSA's efforts to ensure that Secure Flight's screening determinations for passengers are implemented at airport checkpoints, and (3) the extent to which program performance measures assess progress toward goals. GAO analyzed TSA data and documents-including checkpoint data from 2012 through 2014 and Secure Flight performance measures-and interviewed relevant DHS officials.
