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Homeland Security Chief Awards Government Employees for Valor

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Friday awarded government employees who acted courageously to protect other citizens in dangerous situations. Read the complete report here. 

Congress Rips TSA for Long Lines, Abuse, ‘Smurfing’ Bonus Practices

The embattled Transportation Security Administration was slammed Thursday for improperly giving one official a $90,000 bonus, long lines at the nation's airports and retaliation...

Congress Approves TSA’s $34M Request to Alleviate Long Lines at Airport Checkpoints

The busy summer travel season has barely begun, and already the long lines at airport security checkpoints due to inadequate Transportation Security Administration...

NYC Airports: We Can No Longer Tolerate TSA’s ‘Inadequacy’

Travelers -- it’s not just you. Management of the New York City area’s three major airports is fed up with long lines at...

FAA Expands Efforts to Identify Drones Near Airports

Pilots have reported a surge in the number of close calls between drones and aircraft, with the number of recorded incidents nearly tripling since 2014....

Take All the Pork, Waste and Spend it on Closing Homeland Security Gaps

How many millions – probably billions – must be expended to shore up known gaps in homeland security? No one seems to know for...

Biometrics Boost ID Management

Biometric experts continue to enhance identity verification in both obvious and unorthodox ways as they explore solutions to an ever-evolving and vexing problem. Whether...

Nation’s Pipelines Increasingly At Risk of Cyber, Physical Attacks

The recent attacks in Brussels--the deadliest acts of terrorism in Belgium's history--revealed the increasing complexity of securing against global terrorist threats. In the United States, there...

Senate Delivers on TSA Funds Hours after Johnson Pleas

Hours after Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson pleaded for Congress to redirect funding to help tackle the looming prospect of calamitously long airport security...

US, European Regulators to Study Drone Risk to Commercial Aircraft

US and European air-safety regulators announced on Tuesday their latest initiatives to ramp up assessment of hazards posed by the proliferation of unmanned aircraft,...

Engility Company Wins $90M Contract to Support TSA

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded TASC, a subsidiary of Engility Holdings, Inc., a $90 million contract to perform operational testing and evaluation...

Lawsuit Challenges TSA’s Use of Full-Body Scanners in Airports

Two groups that say fear of airport security body scanners forces some would-be fliers to risk driving instead, have challenged their use by the...

Smiths Group Acquires Morpho Detection in $710M Deal

Smiths Group PLC, a UK-based global technology company, has entered into a $710 million deal with Safran, the French multinational, to acquire Morpho Detection,...

TSA Whistleblowers Fault ‘Lord of the Flies’ Culture at Agency

Transportation Security Administration whistleblowers told members of Congress Wednesday that poor leadership, a lack of oversight, low morale and widespread retaliation has led to...

SPECIAL – The Impact of Cybersecurity on Intermodal Transportation

Cybercrime is moving upmarket. It is no secret that financial institutions have been wrestling for years with hackers leveraging stolen credit card information to...

TSA Hits New Record after Confiscating 73 Guns in One Week from Carry-On Bags

Airport screeners established a new record last week when they stopped passengers from boarding planes with 73 firearms in carry-on luggage. Read the complete report...
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