Airport security news from FierceGovernmentIT

The Transportation Security Administration has several programs for sharing security information, but the availability and quality of information needs improvement, according to a Nov. 21 Government Read more...

The Transportation Security Administration is trying out a new tactic in the war against terrorism. Instead of keeping its intelligence information under wraps, it's making it available to 10,000 Read more...

President Obama's proposed fiscal 2011 budget was delivered to Congress on Monday, and it includes $79.4 billion for information technology, InformationWeek reports. The proposal would hardly be a Read more...

The Department of Homeland Security has taken unspecified action against a number of Transportation Security Administration employees following the leak of a massive document that revealed airport Read more...

It may be half a loaf. It may cost too much to do. It may be too hard to implement. But putting all of that aside, the Department of Homeland Security is finalizing a proposal to collect fingerprints Read more...

Airline travelers beware: The new federal initiative called Secure Flight next year will require that the name on the ID you use at the airport security checkpoint match the exact name on your Read more...

With a little IT help, the security lines at airports are moving more quickly. The Transportation Security Administration says that passengers are rarely spending more than 10 minutes going through Read more...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is moving forward with a plan to speed airline flight crews through airport security using biometric identifiers. Known as CrewPASS, the system will Read more...

There's one thing you can say right away about DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. It's clear that she is moving quickly and letting no issue squeak by her. In one of her latest policy announcements, Read more...