Transportation security

This study was supported by Contract No. DTFA03-99-C-00006 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Transportation Security Administration. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agency that provided support for the project. 

TSA TSWG UV Transportation Security Administration Technical Support Working Group ultraviolet... 

Recommendation 1 The Transportation Security Administration, with its responsibility for the federal oversight of security operations at U.S. airports, should integrate strategies for defense against chemical/biological attacks into its broader security plan for protecting the U.S. air transportation system. The line of authority and... 

Recommendation 2 The Transportation Security Administration, in collaboration with other appropriate entities within the Department of Homeland Security,3 should create a high-level task force to perform the following functions ... 

The government agency charged with responsibility for the implementation of technology for countering such threats is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the Department of Homeland Security. The TSA, and the Federal Aviation Administration before it, have invested exten-... 

Identify potential applications for technology in transportation security with a focus on likely threats derived from threat analyses that drive security system requirements. Review security system developments structured to meet the changing threat environment. Assess government and commercial industry plans designed to address these threats. 

By mutual agreement between the committee and the sponsor, the broad focus on transportation security in the statement of task was narrowed to the threat of chemical and biological attacks on the U.S. air transportation system. 

Based on its recent experience in facilitating the deployment of explosives-detection equipment at airports around the country, DHS s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has established relationships with local airport authorities and is the agency most knowledgeable about U.S. 

The Department of Homeland Security is designed to be comprised of four main divisions Border and Transportation Security Emergency Preparedness and Response Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures and Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. In addition to the responsibilities described above, the new department is intended to ... 

Aviation and Transportation Security Act creates the Transportation Security... 

Jacksonville (FL), Providence (RI), Rochester (NY), and San Francisco (CA) [21]. An intention to develop portals with IMS detectors appears to be part of the US Transportation Security Administration plans, with 28.3 million allocated to purchase and install an additional 147 trace portals [22]. One feature of the portals not mentioned in the discussion above is that sample is collected from an object, here a body, automatically. This contrasts with the current generation of explosive trace detectors where swipes of samples are needed for a measurement. 

Explosives Detection Trace Portal Deployed to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 12 April 2005, U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration... 

The No-Fly and Selectee lists are Security Directives. They were created by TSA pursuant to legislation [165], which authorizes the TSA Under Secretary to issue Security Directives without providing notice or an opportunity for comment to protect transportation security. 

T. Tatelman, Congressional Research Services, Interstate Travel Constitutional Challenges to the Identification Requirement and Other Transportation Security Regulations (21 December 2004), p. 4. 

U.S.) Transportation Security Administration Unmanned air vehicle Urea nitrate... 

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