Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) | October 28, 2016

Transportation Security Administration officers at Des Moines International Airport today, partnered with the Iowa Department for the Blind to help familiarize travelers with the airport security checkpoint screening experience. Today’s visit marked the third airport tour for the department this year. Participants began their practice run at the airline ticket counter, before moving through the airport terminal to the security checkpoint. Each practicing passenger presented their boarding ...

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) | October 25, 2016

Since 2011, TSA and Wings for Autism® have partnered to provide families with children on the autism spectrum with a realistic security checkpoint practice run, complete with getting a boarding pass, going through security, boarding a plane, taxing, deplaning and leaving the airport. To date, more than 2,100 people on the autism spectrum and other intellectual and developmental disabilities have participated in the program, as well as nearly 2,500 family members. This partnership opens commu...

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) | November 15, 2016

It's hard to imagine America's Transport Security Administration (TSA) winning a popularity contest. But there it is, sandwiched between Rihanna and Beyonce on RollingStone.com's 100 best Instagram accounts. Yes, the TSA - the government agency that rivals the Internal Revenue Service for unpopularity with the public - ranked No. 4 for its Instagram. It bested megastar Beyoncé (No. 5). The inescapable Kim Kardashian ranked first, followed by National Geographic. Even NASA only...

Huawei | January 15, 2020

The U.S. government is nearing publication of a rule that would vastly expand its powers to block shipments of foreign-made goods to China’s Huawei, as it seeks to squeeze the blacklisted telecoms company, two sources said. The U.S. Commerce Department in May placed Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] on a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns. That allowed the U.S. government to restrict sales of U.S.-made goods to the company and a small number of items made abroad that cont...