Transportation Security

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After a series of catastrophic and high-profile incidents, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) was tasked with playing a larger role in overseeing safety for public transportation.

The number of guns stopped at Pittsburgh International Airport this year has already surpassed the number detected in 2020.

TSA has now had 28 employees pass away after contracting COVID-19.

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has advanced legislation to invest nearly $60 billion to make America’s infrastructure more sustainable, resilient, and equitable, and to reduce carbon pollution from the transportation sector.

The agreement will enable both partners to work on some key areas such as migrant smuggling, cybercrime, drug trafficking, asset recovery, money laundering, organized property crime and trafficking in human beings.

The shipments, which originated in China, were being imported by non-medical entities in private residences and apartments in Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New York, and Texas.

The new facility is fitted with non-intrusive inspection technology which will streamline the validation and clearance process.

To further support its innovation efforts, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on September 16 that CBP ROAM™ will introduce new features that allow pleasure boat operators to apply for and update cruising licenses.

The cards expedite and facilitate cross-border trade and travel for members of the tribe, as well as providing a tribally issued secure travel document to eligible tribal members.

During inspections on a passenger bus, agents discovered three undocumented individuals who presented fraudulent U.S. passport cards.

The CAT unit will verify that the traveler is prescreened to travel out of the airport for a flight that day.

TSA continues to urge all employees to get vaccinated and follow CDC guidance, including face mask recommendations. 

Security cameras used in the subway system come in two forms: Those that broadcast in real time to the subway’s security center, and those that record locally and provide material that can be retrieved quickly and used in the investigation of crimes.

The most important failure was one of imagination. - 9/11 Commission Report In the years immediately after 9/11, the imagination needed to prevent the next attack...

Forged on an anvil of cruel necessity and blood shed innocently, TSA was built urgently in a time of war, to preserve peace. These powerful words begin the...