Tag: TSA

June 7, 2022

Legislation designed to expedite the application process for commercial drivers seeking certain security credentials was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate. The Transportation Security Administration Security Threat Assessment Application Modernization Act, sponsored by Commerce Committee ranking member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) […]

June 26, 2020

Airlines for America isn’t giving up on the idea of TSA checking passengers’ temperatures. On Thursday, the trade group said its members would provide refunds to customers if they were screened and told their temperature is too high to fly, […]

May 15, 2020

With airlines and the White House pushing for the agency to start conducting passenger temperature screenings, there are concerns on the Hill that it may not have the legal authority, our team scooped Thursday. A House Homeland Security aide told […]

June 26, 2019

TSA RAMPING UP BORDER DIVERSIONS: A House Oversight hearing featuring TSA Administrator David Pekoske made several pieces of news on Tuesday, and your MT host was there to try to sum up a messy, expanding situation. TSA has now sent […]

January 22, 2019

— Day 32 of the shutdown. The number of TSA agents calling out from work hit a new high over the long weekend, and shutdown effects continue to hit the aviation industry, among others. — Lawmakers are set to consider […]

January 16, 2019

— Day 26 of the shutdown. A judge decided against issuing temporary restraining orders to stop the government from making air traffic controllers and others work without compensation. — Thousands of FAA inspectors and other employees have gone back to […]

January 15, 2019

— Day 25 of the shutdown. Closed TSA lanes clogged security lines, bogging down multiple airports over the weekend and into Monday, as the number of unscheduled absences by TSA agents asked to work without pay continues to rise. — […]

January 14, 2019

— Some good news for furloughed and unpaid federal transportation workers came Friday as the partial government shutdown (now the longest ever) stretched into its fourth week. TSA said it will be able to pay workers for one day of […]

November 9, 2017

‘DISTURBING’: Following a DHS inspector general briefing on baggage screening vulnerabilities, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said TSA needs to get new computed tomography screening machines in all U.S. airports — ASAP, Stephanie Beasley writes. McCaul, who […]