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October 30, 2008
Media Contacts:
TSA Public Affairs
917-623-0337
Corporate Communications
Continental Airlines
713-324-5080
NEW YORK – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Continental Airlines announced today the rollout of the Paperless Boarding Pass pilot program to LaGuardia Airport (LGA). This innovative approach will allow passengers to receive boarding passes electronically on their cell phones or PDAs, which will then be [...]

October 22, 2008
Contact: DHS Press Office
(202) 282-8010
To view the Secure Flight Final Rule, click here.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the issuance of the Secure Flight Final Rule, which shifts pre-departure watch list matching responsibilities from individual aircraft operators to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and carries out a [...]

Oct. 15, 2008
Media Contact: Jon Allen
(404) 694-5894
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today the launch of millimeter wave technology at the new Terminal 2 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). Millimeter wave detects weapons, explosives and other threat items concealed under layers of clothing without any physical contact.
“The use of whole [...]

TSA Public Affairs
(571) 227-2829
WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today named Lee R. Kair as TSA’s assistant administrator for Security Operations. In this role, Kair will be responsible for providing executive management of daily field operations for a workforce of approximately 48,000 employees at more than 450 airports nationwide.
As assistant administrator, Kair’s responsibilities will [...]

Secure Flight is a program developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to a key 9/11 Commission recommendation: uniform watch list matching by TSA. The mission of the Secure Flight program is to enhance the security of domestic and international commercial air travel through the use of improved watch list matching.
Secure Flight [...]

August 15, 2008
Starting Aug. 16, 2008 TSA will allow laptops to remain in bags meeting “checkpoint friendly” guidelines. Not all laptop bags are “checkpoint friendly” (see images below).

Click here to learn more about the industry process and guidelines for laptop bags.
Click here to read the press release on “TSA Ready for ‘checkpoint friendly’ [...]

TWIC Enforcement Begins at New England Ports