TSA Expects Record Summer Travel Season with 4 Percent Uptick in Airport Crowds
Some 263 million passengers and crew are projected to pass through security checkpoints nationwide from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Keep Reading
TSA May Use Your Loose Change to Fund Border Operations
The Transportation Security Administration plans to use loose change left in trays at airports to partly fund the $232 million that DHS has requested to help pay for border operations if Congress doesn’t agree to its $1.1 billion funding request. Keep Reading
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TSA Receives Review of Frontline Employee Policies, Ways to Support Workforce
The panel completed its work this month and is now finalizing a full report, including an outline of a long-term strategy to improve TSA’s human capital services. Keep Reading
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HSToday Launches FREE Webinars for Homeland Security Information Sharing
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Advanced Cargo Scanner Set for Tests at JFK International Airport
Trials of a new cargo scanner from Astrophysics, Inc are scheduled to begin in mid-2019 at New York JFK. The Multi-View Computed Tomography (MVCT) system launched in February following a six-year R&D program that included input from the DHS. Keep Reading
UN Launches Program to Detect and Disrupt Terrorist Travel
A new program aimed at improving the tracking of suspected terrorists, using state-of-the-art software, was launched by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) on May 7. Keep Reading
Government Technology & Services Coalition Welcomes Strategic Advisors from DHS-HQ, USCG, TSA, ICE, USCIS & FEMA
"We are extremely pleased to add more expertise to our acquisition portfolios at ICE and USCIS, deeper understanding of Coast Guard requirements, and insights into the IT infrastructure modernization efforts across the Department of Homeland Security." Keep Reading
AUVSI, ACI-NA Announce Blue Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation at Airports
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