The Security Administration ( Tsa )

This case study will discuss the pros and cons of operating an airport with a government-operated system of security versus returning to a privately owned and operated security organization. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was introduced to the airline industry after the attacks on September 11th, 2001. Complaints of slow wait times during periods of heavy traffic and the ability to manage the labor force have recently sparked an interest of Airports switching their security to a privatized company.

The U.S. government took many steps to try to make the country safer. It tightened security at airports and in public buildings. A new cabinet-level department—the Department of Homeland Security was created. It works to protect the United States from any terrorist attacks (scholastic.com). The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) didn't exist before 9/11. The TSA was created to do three things: take responsibility for all modes of transportation; recruit, assess, hire, train and deploy security officers for 450 commercial airports from Guam to Alaska within 12 months; and provide 100 percent screening of all checked luggage for explosives. In the past, the TSA detected 50 million prohibited items, including 5,000 firearms on passengers attempting to board planes. Now, 50,000 TSA officers screen nearly two million air travelers each day

For Americans who travels on an everyday basis, many are greatful that Airport Security is enforced to protect the safety of the people. Overall in the past 15 years airports have appreciated these regulations even though it came about as a response to a misfortunate event. Homeland Security, the top dog over Airport Security, is aware that the system is constantly evolving. Newer threats are known to be present but TSA knows the issues that have happened and secures the world trust to protect the people. Everyone that travels today expects high level procedures to ensure safe travel. Due to this severe outcome to strictly enforce security in airports, there has not been another incident since September 11,

After losing 2,977 lives one fateful September morning, we realized we left the doors to our country wide open to attack. As a result, we ramped up our security and instituted new programs to combat terrorism to make ourselves invulnerable to similar attacks. But as the government began to develop programs within the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) to prevent such an attack from ever happening again, the government began to infringe on the rights which were laid down in the Constitution by our founding fathers. Although the American government protected its people from another possible attack, the government itself attacked its own people by denying the rights which it formerly recognized.

      The mission as described by the TSA website (www.tsa.gov) is as follows, “The Transportation Security Administration protects the Nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.” The vision of the TSA is, “The Transportation Security Administration will continuously set the standard for excellence in transportation security through its people, processes and technologies. The TSA also states that its values are to have excellence in public service through: integrity, innovation, and teamwork.

The attacks on September 11, 2001 changed the United States airport, airplane, immigration, and visa security. Before 9/11 airports were minimally supervised and people could walk their friends and family all the way up to the gate, even if they were not going onto the plane. Two months after 9/11, the United States congress passed the Aviation and Transportation security act which created the Transportation Security Administration. “The new TSA implemented procedures that included stricter guidelines on passenger and luggage screening. Only ticketed passengers could go through security, and an ever-changing array of machinery and procedures were introduced to scan for weapons and destructive items. As new threats were discovered after 9/11, new procedures were introduced, including removing shoes and banning liquids.” (Pbs.org). New security was also implemented on planes themselves. New security on planes involved fortified cockpit doors. Along with this, pilots could register to become a federal flight deck officer, which would allow them to carry a loaded gun on board. These new laws about flying safety were much needed in a time where terrorism became more prevalent. Today it would be much harder for someone to put an airport or airplane in danger because of all the safety regulations. Also, The Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act required the

One of those agencies is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), this agency is a direct result of the 9/11 events and has the responsibility for air, land and rail in an ever increasing world of transportation. Much like other security agencies, their job is to ensure freedom of movement for trade and people while mitigating any potential threat to the United States. This is achieved in a multitude of ways from check points to undercover air marshals. The very nature of their mission requires a great deal of interagency cooperation, the TSA must works with state, federal and local agencies across the country in order to secure all its areas of operation. An example of this interagency cooperation is the inspection process a person must go through when arriving in the country. Airports and sea ports both have an immigration checkpoint that everyone must pass through without regard to US citizen of visiting foreign national. They establish separate lines for citizen or non-citizen in attempt to speed the process, however all passports are checked and bags examined for any potential contraband. It is these checks where interagency cooperation comes in to play. A variety of security measures on the non-citizen line is in place that runs checks on passports which is linked to databases established to identify those who may be a threat to the US or have other undesirable traits which would likely limit or deny their access to the country. Such individuals would be

These incidents show that the Transportation Security Administration is another bureaucratic agency that is incapable of providing proper airport security and has so far gotten lucky that another terrorist attack using airliners has not occurred. In this paper I will illustrate that the TSA is not the best vehicle to provide airport security and will offer some suggestions on how to improve security at airports.

TSA, or Transportation Security Administration, needs to be improved. It is time consuming, invasive and often ineffective because of pat downs and body scans. TSA is a major part of American airport security. In a world where such precautions are necessary, the system should be vastly upgraded to actually provide the security it claims to give.

The work of TSA employees covers a wide array of duties, ranging from intelligence-based screening, to physical screening, to monitoring and inspections. In FY 2014, Transportation Security Officers (TSO) screened approximately 660 million passengers and nearly 2 billion carry-on

According to Travel Weekly (2013), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) developed what we see today as a three-tier system for passenger and baggage screening at U.S. airports. The three preselected levels are “expedited, standard or enhanced” screening at the airport security checkpoint. This system, which requires the passenger not to do anything different according to Travel Weekly, since the system relies on data in the existing Secure Flight system that matches passenger reservations with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) watch list. Secure Flight is a TSA program that requires booking systems to include the passenger’s full name, gender, date of birth redress or Known Traveler number if applicable, and is a behind-the-scenes

The Transport Security Administration (TSA) is an American agency which is under the Department of Homeland Security and it has the authority and control of all the traveling public in the USA. It was formed as a reaction to the September 11, terrorist attacks in the country. It was created under the Aviation and Transport Security Act which was supported by Don Young who was a House of representative member. It was employed into law by President George Bush on November 19, 2001. It was first placed in the Department of Transportation, later on, it was placed in the Homeland Department. The agency is mostly concerned air travel and the provide the screening activities in the airport, ensure ad provide armed Federal Air Marshal’s on different planes and ensure there is no illegal weapon which may cause harm to the people on board. They also maintain a system of the wanted individual and the ones which might cause security risk in the aviation industry. They ensure that these individuals are not permitted in any airport for security purposes (Grover, 2015).

The Transportation Safety Administration, known as the TSA, was created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to defend the U.S. against further attacks using our airlines. They use preventative measures in an attempt to apprehend attackers before they can get to the planes. Since they cannot practically screen every person who goes into the airport thoroughly enough to ensure they are not a threat, they use systems such as SPOT and FAST to select only people that are more likely to be a threat. These systems have no scientific backing. The TSA’s mission statement is to “protect the nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce” and “ provide the most effective transportation security in the most efficient

additions to airport security in the United States following the attacks of September 11, 2001, is

Airport security is necessary for the safety and efficiency of airlines today. Attacks involving airlines have been “among the deadliest in terms of human lives and economic impact,” even though relatively few attacks have occurred using airlines compared to other terrorism methods (Szyliowicz, 2011, p.2). Airport Security has been administered using a government-operated system since the Aviation and Transportation Security Act was enacted in 2001. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), now an agency of homeland security, replaced private security measures and personnel with at least 60,000 federal employees (Szyliowicz, 2011). However, privatization may be making a come-back. The following analysis will analyze