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InternetNews
February 13, 2004
Roy Mark |
Airline Screening Program Gets Failing Marks A new Government Accounting Office report concludes that the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) fails to meet funding criteria mandated by lawmakers.   |
Reason
July 2005
Julian Sanchez |
Ten Percent Solution The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight passenger profiling system reforms stall at the gate: Congress established 10 criteria to ensure the program would both be effective and protect traveler privacy. A March report found that only one benchmark has been met. |
Reason
December 2004
Brian Doherty |
Privacy in the Skies A yearlong chorus of anguish from privacy activists killed the proposed Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, better known as CAPPS II. Now enter Secure Flight. |
National Defense
October 2007
Grace Jean |
TSA Prepares to Take Over Responsibility for Checking No-Fly Lists The Transportation Security Administration will compare passenger data to federal watch lists and transmit any matches to aircraft operators. |
National Defense
July 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Beleaguered TSA May Wind Up Loser In Budget Battles As the Department of Homeland Security agency that comes into contact with the general public most often, the Transportation Security Administration has become one of the government's primary punching bags. |
InternetNews
March 16, 2007
Roy Mark |
Data-Mine Time in The Senate Want to know what the government is collecting on you and what it's doing with the information? Good luck. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2006
Roy Mark |
Americans Get Shaft Over Data Mining Finally - maybe - Congress is gaining courage in rolling back Bush's domestic spying program. |
Reason
June 2007
Jacob Sullum |
'No Fly' No Go In 2010, nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks brought home the importance of keeping suspicious characters off airplanes, the TSA hopes to launch a new system for distinguishing between harmless passengers and terrorists. If all goes well. |
InternetNews
August 30, 2005
Roy Mark |
GAO: Feds Not Protecting Citizen Privacy Government agencies are making progress, but are still not completely complying with federal rules regarding data mining and personal information. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Scott Berinato |
Big Brother IT Right now, to the concern of some and the delight of others, formerly niche monitoring and tracking technology applications are being repurposed for more general, widespread use. Here are three you will encounter in 2003. |
Reason
February 2004
James Bovard |
"Dominate. Intimidate. Control." The sorry record of the Transportation Security Administration |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
L-3 supplies TSA with millimeter wave imaging portals for airport security Officials of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration sought airport security systems that use active millimeter wave technology to identify concealed threats, including metallic items. |
Searcher
June 2003
Miriam Drake |
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Patriot II on the Way This article focuses on the government's data mining, information gathering, database building programs, and Radio Frequency Identification Chips. |
Reason
March 2005
Poole & Harper |
Transportation Security Aggravation Debating the balance between privacy and safety in a post-9/11 aviation industry. |
National Defense
April 2006
Grace Jean |
Aviation Security Remains Under Scrutiny Aviation security measures adopted since 9/11 have not significantly made passengers safer or have been cost effective, experts contend. They also noted that many weaknesses in the previous system remain, despite billions of dollars being spent to enhance air safety. |
National Defense
September 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Terrorist Loophole: Explosives Under Clothing at Airport Checkpoints "One of the hard lessons we've learned is that there is no single technology that is going to detect everything," Clark Kent Ervin, former DHS inspector general and now director of the Aspen Institute's homeland security program, said in an interview. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Kate Murphy |
Zipping Through Airport Security The Registered Traveler Program can get you to the front of the line, but for travelers, it boils down to what they value more -- convenience or confidentiality. |
Reason
August 2003
Brian Doherty |
Suspected Terrorist Multimillionaire John Gilmore is suing the government to remain anonymous. Is this the last stand for privacy? |
National Defense
August 2010
Stew Magnuson |
No Revival for Airport Puffer Machines Used to Detect Explosives The Transportation Security Administration has no plans to continue research into puffer machines that were designed to detect trace amounts of explosives on passengers. |
National Defense
August 2012
Stew Magnuson |
Airport Screening Technology Market to Shrink, Analyst Says The Transportation Security Administration has been on a buying binge since 9/11, but the good days for airport screening technology vendors may be winding down, a Frost & Sullivan report said. |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2010
John Hughes |
TSA Pat-Downs: Close Encounters of the Security Kind TSA chief, John Pistole, is grappling with a public insurrection over body scanners and frisking. |
Reason
July 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Ring Barers The Transportation Security Administration warns that incidents of female terrorists hiding explosives in sensitive areas are on the rise all over the world. |
National Defense
October 2014
Stew Magnuson |
TSA System May Make Boarding Passes Obsolete The Transportation Security Administration awarded MorphoTrust USA a contract to provide passport and driver's license scanners in airports, a step which will one day lead to the elimination of boarding passes. |
Reason
April 2009
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
State of Insecurity Interview with Bruce Schneier, the go-to guy for fresh ideas about all kinds of digital and physical security issues. |
PC Magazine
July 13, 2004
Alan Cohen |
No Where To Hide The average American is listed in at least 50 databases, and that's not counting government files. Do you know what's in your cyber dossier? |
National Defense
April 2010
Austin Wright |
TSA Takes to the Blogosphere to Set the Record Straight At the airport, the Transportation Security Administration goes after potential terrorists. In cyberspace, it targets bloggers who may be spreading misinformation. |
InternetNews
December 17, 2009 |
TSA Web Snafu Prompts House Inquiry In the wake of the discovery that a sensitive TSA document has been publicly available online since early this year, lawmakers are calling for answers. |
CIO
June 1, 2003 |
Onboard the IT Train Training I.T. workers isn't easy -- rapid technological change, cost and the economy are among the barriers to effective training programs, the U.S. General Accounting Office found in a recent study of large companies' programs. The GAO identified six best practices, though. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Sarah D. Scalet |
Who Do You Trust? A "trusted traveler" program that would allow prescreened passengers to speed through airport security may not be all that trustworthy. |
Reason
September 2005
Jesse Walker |
TSA on eBay Selling passengers' possessions: The Transportation Security Administration is selling confiscated items on eBay. |
National Defense
April 2006
Grace Jean |
Explosives at Forefront of Airport Security Measures The Transportation Security Agency's recent modification of prohibited items in carry-on luggage marks a shift from its post-9/11 focus. |
National Defense
March 2007 |
Security Beat Coast Guard Ponders Future, Delivers New Mission Statement... Border Patrol Reaching Out to Fill 6,000 Slots... etc. |
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Government Contractors: Can Trust Be Restored? To improve relations with the government, the defense industry will need to show that it wants to help fix the national budget. |
National Defense
September 2013
Sarah Sicard |
Lawmakers Set Sights On TSA's Technology Acquisition Woes The Transportation Security Administration has come under scrutiny for long-standing problems associated with acquiring new technologies. |
National Defense
March 2007
Grace Jean |
U.S. Airports Still Lack Technologies to Detect Liquid Explosives Despite known terrorist threats, it could be years before airports in the United States are equipped with scanners to detect liquid explosives hidden on passengers and inside carry-on luggage. |
Reason
February 2004
Tim Cavanaugh |
Bad Report Card Does private management of failing public schools make a difference? A recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report looked for a consistent trend, but with little success, as the data the had to work with weren't of high quality. |
Reason
January 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Bad Touch TSA screeners are overburdened with ineffective rules and regulations and miss real threats. |
National Defense
October 2007
Grace Jean |
Airports Test Alternative Technologies for Checkpoints An influx of screening systems marks a coming of age in the security industry. |
BusinessWeek
January 7, 2010
Aaron Ricadela |
Invasion of the Body Scanners Digital security scans are coming to more airports. They'll increase aggravation, but won't help security much. |
National Defense
July 2010
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Cruise Ship Protection Efforts Given High Marks Cruise ships have been the targets of terrorist actions in the past, most notably the 1985 attack on the Achille Lauro, which resulted in the death of American passenger Leon Klinghoffer. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2011
Ritchie S. King |
How 5 Security Technologies Fared After 9/11 Developed, deployed, and sometimes deep sixed |
National Defense
March 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Congress, DHS Turn Their Attention to Guarding Ground Transportation In the wake of 9/11, upgrading aviation security received justifiable attention. Last year, maritime security was addressed in the SAFE Port Act. Now, there is consensus in Congress that 2007 will be surface transportation's turn. |
