27 March 2009
Secretary Napolitano Rolls Out Efficiency Review at TSA Facility
March 27, 2009
2009 Archives
20 March 2009
Randy Parsons Named Federal Security Director at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) named Randy D. Parsons as the federal security director at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
16 March 2009
Officer's 'Great Observation' Nets Large Drug Find
By Nico Melendez, Office of Strategic Communications/Public Affairs
Law enforcement officials are calling a TSO's recent discovery at California's John Wayne Airport one of the "largest finds." It was more than four pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $60,000.
After a passenger wearing baggy clothing cleared the walk-through metal detector, TSO Roland Martinez directed the man to secondary screening. As Martinez performed a bulk item pat-down, he felt a "large object in the upper inner thigh area," according to the incident report.
09 March 2009
Celebrating Black History Month
TSA Little Rock
09 March 2009
TSO Novelist Inspired by Colleagues
TSO Novelist Inspired by Colleagues
By Carrie Harmon, Office of Strategic Communications/Public Affairs
TSO Kay George not only enjoys her part-time job at Wichita (Kan.) Mid-Continent Airport, but credits her colleagues with rekindling her writing career.
George self-published her first novel, “take in a Stranger,” in 2002. When she joined TSA a year ago, she had finished a second novel but had not looked for a publisher.
09 March 2009
One Million Workers Now Enrolled in Vital Port Security Program
Press Release
One Million Workers Now Enrolled in Vital Port Security Program
WASHINGTON – One million port and longshore workers, truckers and others at ports across the nation have enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The program's goal is to ensure that any individual who has unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thorough background check and is not a known security threat.
03 March 2009
BDO Thanks TSA Buffalo for Support During Deployment
March 3, 2009
David DiTullio (left) with Federal Security Director Derek (Rick) DiPietro.
Expert Behavior Detection Officer David DiTullio recently thanked his TSA co-workers and leadership at Buffalo Niagara (N.Y.) International Airport for their support while he was deployed with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.
19 February 2009
TSA Names Rick Gordon Federal Security Director for Nine Illinois Airports
Press Release
MOLINE, Ill. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) named Rick Gordon as the federal security director for Quad City International and eight other Illinois airports.
02 February 2009
TSA Teams With Law Enforcement to Keep Super Bowl Fans Safe
TSA behavior detection officers arrive at
Raymond James Stadium before Super Bowl
XLIII.
02 February 2009
Palm Beach Officer Rescues Man From Wreckage
By Mike McCann, deputy assistant FSD for screening, Palm Beach (Fla.) International Airport
In a daring rescue, TSO Etna Rizzo pulled an injured man out of a car after it flipped over and landed on the side of the road.