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01/02/2012 Union: Media’s Portrayal of TSA Employees Has Hurt Our Bargaining Power (In These Times) AFGE Mentioned
12/23/2011 TSA union blasts DHS over labor dispute (Homeland Security Newswire) AFGE Mentioned
12/21/2011 TSA, union talks stall over employee grievances (Federal Times) AFGE Mentioned
12/21/2011 AFGE pushes for TSA workers to have due process rights (Federal News Radio) AFGE Mentioned
12/21/2011 Biden urged to get involved in union contract talks with TSA (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
12/20/2011 Airport screeners take dispute over rights to the media (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
12/20/2011 Union calls TSA contract negotiations 'very discouraging' (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
12/20/2011 TSA Union Blasts Homeland Security Officials As 'Arrogant,' 'Autocratic' (Huffington Post) AFGE Mentioned
12/19/2011 Union representing airport screeners says it’s tough getting TSA to the table (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
11/01/2011 U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners (Pro Publica) AFGE Mentioned
09/09/2011 TSA Chief: Optimist About Everything but Terror (Associated Press)
09/07/2011 Negotiations begin for airport screeners (Philadelphia Inquirer) AFGE Mentioned
08/10/2011 TSA chief sketches out the future of airline passenger screening (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
08/08/2011 Bargaining topics for screeners previewed (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
07/14/2011 TSA takes first steps toward 'trusted travel' program (CNN)
07/14/2011 Readout of TSA Administrator Pistole’s Briefing to Aviation Security Stakeholders on Upcoming Pilot of New Screening Protocols (TSA)
06/23/2011 TSA Airport Screeners Vote to Join Union (Wall Street Journal) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 It's union time at America's airports! (People's World) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 AFGE wins vote for TSOs (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 TSA Airport Screeners Vote to Join Union - Updated (Wall Street Journal) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 Airport screeners select union for representation (Associated Press) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 A Great Big Win for Labor and (Real) National Security (The Nation) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 TSO union vote results announced (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 AFGE wins TSA union election (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 TSA workers elect AFGE as union representative (Federal News Radio) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 U.S. Airport Screeners Pick Union (Bloomberg) AFGE Mentioned
06/23/2011 FLIGHT ATTENDANT UNION APPLAUDS TSO DECISION TO JOIN AFGE (AFA-CWA) AFGE Mentioned
06/14/2011 Union says some TSA workers to fight firing (Hawaii News Now) AFGE Mentioned
04/20/2011 Airport screeners need runoff vote to choose union (Associated Press) AFGE Mentioned
04/20/2011 Runoff election needed in TSA union representation vote (CNN) AFGE Mentioned
04/20/2011 Airport Screeners Need Runoff to Pick a Union (New York Times) AFGE Mentioned
04/20/2011 Nearly 85 Percent of TSOs Vote for Union (AFL-CIO Now Blog) AFGE Mentioned
03/31/2011 TSA’s gender gap shortchanges female officers (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
03/31/2011 VIDEO: Union Argues TSA Policy Is Discrimination (WSMV NBC Nashville) AFGE Mentioned
03/30/2011 Wal-Mart suit sparks calls from TSA union to address diversity issues (Diversity News) AFGE Mentioned
03/27/2011 TSA employees at Newark airport praise newly granted collective bargaining rights (New Jersey Star-Ledger) AFGE Mentioned
03/27/2011 Union election underway for 44,000 airport screeners (Minneapolis Labor Review) AFGE Mentioned
03/18/2011 Fletcher: TSA screeners need the right union: AFGE (Philadelphia Tribune) AFGE Mentioned
02/14/2011 Airport screeners go union (People's World) AFGE Mentioned
02/01/2011 TSA stops expansion of project that privatized screeners (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
01/31/2011 TSA halts Secure Partnership Program for airports (Government Security News) AFGE Mentioned
01/29/2011 TSA shuts door on private airport screening program (CNN) AFGE Mentioned
12/07/2010 TSA workers, experts worry about radiation exposure (USA Today) AFGE Mentioned
11/26/2010 I Am Thankful for TSA Workers (Huffington Post) AFGE Mentioned
11/25/2010 Hands off our junk (The Economist) AFGE Mentioned
11/24/2010 Screeners deserve more rights (USA Today)
11/24/2010 TSA officers 'desperate' to unionize (CNN Money) AFGE Mentioned
11/24/2010 Air Travelers Opting Out of Opt-Out Day (ABC 24 Memphis) AFGE Mentioned
11/24/2010 National Opt Out Day Fails in Memphis (Fox 13 Memphis) AFGE Mentioned
11/24/2010 Union spokesperson from TSA speaks out about how workers feel about new procedures (ABC 15 Phoenix) AFGE Mentioned
11/24/2010 Scanner protests fail to take off at airports (McClatchy Newspapers) AFGE Mentioned
11/24/2010 AFGE on 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell' - TSA Pat-downs (MSNBC ) AFGE Mentioned
11/23/2010 Turbulence over airport security (Boston Globe) AFGE Mentioned
11/23/2010 TSA pat downs: 'Horrible' screener job gets worse (CNN.com) AFGE Mentioned
11/23/2010 TSA chief: Resisting scanners just means delays (Associated Press) AFGE Mentioned
11/23/2010 Passenger support for TSA scanners decreases, survey shows (Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
11/23/2010 TSA uproar highlights national security balancing act (Federal News Radio) AFGE Mentioned
11/23/2010 The intimate airport pat-down is no fun for anyone (PBS "Need to Know") AFGE Mentioned
11/23/2010 Don't touch my junk: TSA workers face a tough job (Associated Press) AFGE Mentioned
11/23/2010 Airport Screeners Caught in the Crossfire, Called “Perverts, Creeps” (Labor Notes) AFGE Mentioned
11/22/2010 VIDEO: Pat-down Pandemonium (MSNBC "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell") AFGE Mentioned
11/22/2010 TSA workers face verbal abuse from travelers (MSNBC.com) AFGE Mentioned
11/19/2010 Pilots spared stepped-up airport screening (ABC World News) AFGE Mentioned
11/19/2010 VIDEO: Pilots spared stepped-up airport screening (ABC World News) AFGE Mentioned
11/19/2010 Union Calls on TSA to Protect Workers from Abuse over ‘Pat-Down’ Searches (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
11/18/2010 For airport screeners, friction on the front lines (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
11/18/2010 TSA director on security patdowns: Like it or lump it (Federal Times FedLine) AFGE Mentioned
11/17/2010 Report on TSA (CNN - The Situation Room) AFGE Mentioned
11/17/2010 TSA agent punched in chest by passenger (Washington Post Federal Eye) AFGE Mentioned
11/16/2010 Transportation Security Administration’s Management of Its Screening Workforce Training Program Can Be Improved (DHS Office of Inspector General)
08/03/2010 FLRA Grants Union Request for Appeal in TSO Election Case (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
07/19/2010 TSA Administrator John S. Pistole Outlines Goal (ExecutiveGov)
07/18/2010 TSA officers closer to becoming unionized (Orlando Sentinel) AFGE Mentioned
07/07/2010 A matter of opinion (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
06/30/2010 NTEU Union president does all the talking (Washington Post)
06/29/2010 AUDIO: Unions work up a TSA wish list (Federal News Radio) AFGE Mentioned
06/26/2010 John Pistole becomes TSA administrator; unions to seek collective-bargaining (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
06/25/2010 Senate Confirms Pistole To Head Transportation Security Administration (RTT News) AFGE Mentioned
06/18/2010 Pickets press TSA on bargaining rights (Indianapolis Star) AFGE Mentioned
06/18/2010 Union for TSA workers picketing (WTHR - CBS Indianapolis) AFGE Mentioned
06/17/2010 TSA union to distribute leaflets at airport (Indianapolis Star) AFGE Mentioned
06/17/2010 Commerce Committee Unanimously Reports Out TSA Administrator Nominee (Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation)
06/11/2010 TSA nominee is urged to reject airport screeners' push for collective bargaining (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
06/11/2010 Third TSA Nominee Steps to the Plate (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
06/10/2010 TSA nominee Pistole pressed on labor issue by Republican senators (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
06/10/2010 TSA nominee praised by senators at confirmation hearing (Ganett News Service) AFGE Mentioned
06/08/2010 TSA Union: The FLRA Does Have Authority Over Union Election At TSA (Aero-News Network) AFGE Mentioned
06/08/2010 TSA pick to face questions about collective-bargaining rights during hearing (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
06/07/2010 Third TSA Nominee Prepares for Confirmation Hearing (CQ Politics)
06/03/2010 TSA Nominee Set for June 10 Hearing (The Journal of Commerce)
05/28/2010 FLRA denies bid for TSA union election (Federal Times) AFGE Mentioned
05/20/2010 TSA pick, take three (The Week) AFGE Mentioned
05/17/2010 President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate John S. Pistole to lead the Transportation Security Administration (White House Press Office)
05/07/2010 AFGE to FLRA: Pay No Attention to TSA, Schedule Union Vote (The Chief-Leader) AFGE Mentioned
04/23/2010 Survey: DHS employees enjoy work but view management warily (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
04/22/2010 Whistleblowing concerns at TSA (Washington Post Federal Eye)
03/30/2010 Second TSA Nominee Withdraws (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
03/29/2010 Harding Withdraws as TSA Nominee (Homeland Security Today) AFGE Mentioned
03/26/2010 Harding Withdrawal Stuns Supporters (CQ Homeland Security) AFGE Mentioned
03/19/2010 Union Pushes Caucus to Support TSO Bargaining Rights (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
03/15/2010 TSA Union Thanks Lawmakers For Support Of H.R. 1881 (Aero-News Network) AFGE Mentioned
03/12/2010 AFGE’s TSO Election Petition Moving Quickly (AFL-CIO Now Blog) AFGE Mentioned
03/09/2010 In response to AFGE petition for union election FLRA directs TSA to turn over employee data (DC Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
03/09/2010 Obama's TSA nominee an intelligence expert (LA Times) AFGE Mentioned
03/08/2010 Obama taps former intelligence officer to lead TSA (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
03/08/2010 Retired Army major general is Obama's 2nd pick to lead TSA (Federal Times) AFGE Mentioned
03/08/2010 Retired Army general to lead TSA (Washington Post Federal Eye) AFGE Mentioned
03/08/2010 Retired Army General Is Obama's TSA Pick (AOL News) AFGE Mentioned
03/05/2010 AFGE Pushes for Exclusive Right to Rep TSA Scanners (The Chief-Leader) AFGE Mentioned
02/26/2010 BIG, JOYOUS SUPPORT RALLY CELEBRATES AFGE’S SCREENERS ELECTION BID (International Labor Community Association) AFGE Mentioned
02/24/2010 Union Rallies for Representation at TSA (Homeland Security Today) AFGE Mentioned
02/23/2010 AFGE fires first salvo in bid to organize TSA screeners (Federal News Radio) AFGE Mentioned
02/23/2010 Union makes move to get TSO's collective bargaining rights (Security Director News) AFGE Mentioned
02/23/2010 Union Seeks Exclusive Representation of TSA Workers (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
02/23/2010 Federal workers union pushes to represent airport screeners (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
02/23/2010 AFGE Presses Ahead With Efforts To Win Collective Bargaining For Airport Security Screeners (Workers Independent News) AFGE Mentioned
02/23/2010 Calling Obama’s Cards – TSA and Collective Bargaining Rights (Security Debrief) AFGE Mentioned
02/23/2010 National labor leaders back AFGE in effort to organize screeners (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
02/23/2010 More bargaining over TSA collective bargaining (Federal Times FedLine) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 The AFGE Petition for Representation of the TSA Unit (AFGE) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 Battle Brewing Between Unions Over TSA Representation (Congressional Quarterly) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 AFGE seeks to represent screeners (National Journal) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 Union moves to represent airport screeners before government OKs collective bargaining rights (Associated Press) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 Labor pushes to unionize TSA (Politico) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 AFGE calls for election at TSA to determine union representation (Federal Times) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 Transportation Security Officers file to make AFGE their exclusive union representative (Washington Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 Moving Forward On TSA Representation (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
02/22/2010 Lawmakers Will Join Labor Leaders To Rally in Washington For Full TSA Union Representation (Democratic Daily) AFGE Mentioned
02/20/2010 It’s Union Time! TSO’s Deserve a Voice at Work – Now! (YoungTradeUnionists.org) AFGE Mentioned
02/18/2010 TSA organizing gets boost from Franken visit (Workday Minnesota) AFGE Mentioned
02/15/2010 Is Obama Hanging Workers Out to Dry? (Huffington Post) AFGE Mentioned
02/12/2010 Oakland Rally Backs Bargaining Rights for Transportation Workers (International Labor Community Association) AFGE Mentioned
02/12/2010 TSA Skirmish: Independent Union vs. AFL-CIO Group (The Chief-Leader) AFGE Mentioned
01/30/2010 Other Voices: The TSA's assault against its own (TheUnion.com)
01/13/2010 Massachusetts Congressmen and Union Leaders Join Transportation Security Officers to Rally for Union Representation with AFGE (Greater Southeastern Massachusettes Labor Council) AFGE Mentioned
01/11/2010 The union is coming,’ airport security officers told (WorkDay Minnesota) AFGE Mentioned
01/08/2010 Battle over TSA chief looms in Senate (CNN) AFGE Mentioned
01/08/2010 Arrest Made in Newark Airport Security Breach (Associated Press) AFGE Mentioned
01/07/2010 Union Seeks To Organize Transportation Security Workers (OpenMediaBoston.org) AFGE Mentioned
01/06/2010 Senator DeMint: Al-Qaeda is the Enemy not America's Unions (Huffington Post) AFGE Mentioned
01/05/2010 A challenge to Senator Jim DeMint to a debate on TSA collective bargaining rights (DC Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
01/04/2010 DeMint not budging on TSA hold (Politico)
01/03/2010 McCaskill: ‘Nuts’ to hold up Southers’s confirmation (Politico)
01/02/2010 AFGE on the Rick Smith Show (The Rick Smith Show) AFGE Mentioned
01/01/2010 Senator opposes collective-bargaining rights for TSA worker (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) AFGE Mentioned
12/31/2009 TSA boss is MIA: One senator wrong to hold up confirmation of nominee (Miami Herald)
12/31/2009 Is Jim DeMint Undermining Airport Security to Bust Unions? (Truthout) AFGE Mentioned
12/30/2009 Federal labor unions push back against senator's TSA 'hold' (Federal News Radio) AFGE Mentioned
12/30/2009 TSA Unionizing Gets Backing Of N.M. Delegation (Albuquerque Journal)
12/30/2009 DeMint rails against TSA collective bargaining while Obama fails to act (DC Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
12/30/2009 Sen. Harry Reid to force vote on TSA nominee (McClatchy Newspapers)
12/30/2009 Vote On TSA Nominee Caught Up In Union Dispute (National Public Radio ) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 Republican senator blocks TSA nominee over unionization (Free Speech Radio News) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 TSA’s Top Post Sits Vacant Because of Sen. DeMint’s Union Beef (Pro Publica) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 Heed lessons on terror, safety (Detroit Free Press)
12/29/2009 Continuing his war on labor, DeMint blocks nominated TSA chief. (ThinkProgress.org)
12/29/2009 Democrats to push to fill transport security post (Reuters)
12/29/2009 DeMint defends blocking appointment of TSA chief (CNN) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 Key House panel chairman calls for confirmation of blocked TSA chief (The Hill)
12/29/2009 Lawmakers Spar Over Nominee for TSA Chief in Wake of Terror Attempt (Fox News) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 Key security agencies lack permanent leaders (Associated Press)
12/29/2009 Vote urged to confirm TSA chief (Los Angeles Times) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 Jim DeMint Blames Underwear Bomber on TSA Unions (Work in Progress) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 Fmr. Bush Official on TSA Vote: 'We've Got to Move on Beyond the Union Issues (ABC News)
12/29/2009 Senate fights over nominee for transportation security agency (USA Today) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 In the wake of Flight 253, the TSA must get more anti-terrorist tools (Washington Post)
12/29/2009 Obama Should Take Stand and Make Recess Appointment of TSA Nominee Held Up By GOP (AlterNet) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 Sen. DeMint blames labor unions for illegal immigration (Raw Story) AFGE Mentioned
12/29/2009 Testing of airport screening reveals flaws, GOP House member says (CNN) AFGE Mentioned
12/28/2009 Why there's no one in charge at TSA (Salon)
12/28/2009 Who's running the TSA? No one, thanks to Sen. Jim DeMint (McClatchy Newspapers)
12/28/2009 TSA nomination held up (United Press International)
12/28/2009 Support Airport Officers This Holiday Season (Huffington Post) AFGE Mentioned
12/28/2009 GOP Holds Up TSA Appointments And Funding While Terrorists Plo (Air America)
12/28/2009 GOP blame at TSA? (Politico)
12/28/2009 Screen the passengers, confirm the administrator (The Oregonian)
12/26/2009 Let The New Security Bumbling Begin … Meanwhile, Why Has the TSA Been Without a Director Since January? (Boardingarea.com) AFGE Mentioned
12/24/2009 Privatized airport officers a threat to jobs and security (Billings Gazette)
12/18/2009 At nation’s airports, security officers battle for a union (People's World) AFGE Mentioned
12/18/2009 Seattle Workers Rally to Support TSO Union (Labor Union Blog) AFGE Mentioned
12/17/2009 Union members support collective bargaining for TSA workers (WMNF FM, Tampa) AFGE Mentioned
12/17/2009 Transportation security officers push for collective bargaining rights (Free Speech Radio News) AFGE Mentioned
12/15/2009 Labor solidarity statement at TIA to support TSA workers (Tampa Bay Business Journal) AFGE Mentioned
12/14/2009 Campaign to organize airport security screeners takes off (Labor Review/Workday Minnesota) AFGE Mentioned
12/11/2009 Where's the TSA administrator? (Washington Post Federal Eye) AFGE Mentioned
12/07/2009 Local TSA workers join union (Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal) AFGE Mentioned
12/04/2009 Republican DeMint chooses politics over national security (Examiner)
12/04/2009 Lone Senator Delays Confirmation of T.S.A. Leader (KAUZ (Wichita Falls)) AFGE Mentioned
12/03/2009 Senator blocks TSA confirmation in fight over unionizing airport luggage screeners (CNN) AFGE Mentioned
11/19/2009 AFGE Urges Quick Senate Committee Action On Southers For TSA (Aero-News Network) AFGE Mentioned
11/19/2009 Committee Postpones Southers Hearing (The Journal of Commerce) AFGE Mentioned
10/07/2009 Labor Looks to Extend Clout After Win in Aviation Arena (Wall Street Journal) AFGE Mentioned
09/30/2009 AFGE Backs TSOs Who Screened Lawmaker (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
09/29/2009 Utah Lawmaker Says TSA Screeners Retaliated For Unionization Vote (Aero-News Network) AFGE Mentioned
09/28/2009 TSA Employees Acted According to Procedure With Rep. Chaffetz, Says TSA Union (Airline News Resource) AFGE Mentioned
09/28/2009 Chaffetz v. TSA: AFGE Responds (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
09/28/2009 Congressman Chaffetz's Motives Questioned in Wake of Complaints (Travel Agent Central) AFGE Mentioned
09/26/2009 TSA union responds to Chaffetz accusations (The Hill) AFGE Mentioned
09/25/2009 TSA agents union fires back at Chaffetz (Politico) AFGE Mentioned
09/25/2009 TSA union fires back at Chaffetz (Salt Lake Tribune) AFGE Mentioned
09/25/2009 TSA union says Chaffetz was not harassed (Deseret News) AFGE Mentioned
09/25/2009 Was Utah Lawmaker Targeted by Airport Security? (Washington Post Federal Eye) AFGE Mentioned
09/24/2009 AFL-CIO Endorses AFGE Efforts to Organize at TSA (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
09/24/2009 AFL-CIO endorses AFGE as the union for TSA workers (Washington Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
09/24/2009 LETTER TO EDITOR: Defending TSA (Washington Times) AFGE Mentioned
09/23/2009 If TSA Workers Win Union Rights, AFGE Is Union Favored To Represent Them (Labor Union Blog) AFGE Mentioned
09/16/2009 Southers Nominated for Federal Post (USC News) AFGE Mentioned
09/16/2009 TSOs Pitch Workplace Rights to Labor Secretary (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
09/11/2009 TSA Workers Inch Closer To Obtaining More Rights (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
09/11/2009 Screeners Closer to Long Overdue Bargaining Rights (AFLCIO Blog) AFGE Mentioned
09/10/2009 TSA workforce reform bill takes another step forward (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
09/10/2009 Back in Session (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
09/10/2009 House committee approves collective bargaining at TSA (Federal Times) AFGE Mentioned
09/10/2009 Obama taps Los Angeles airport police official for top TSA job (CNN) AFGE Mentioned
09/10/2009 TSOs Would Get Pay Increase With Move to GS Pay System (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
09/09/2009 Nominees for key Homeland Security posts remain unconfirmed (National Journal) AFGE Mentioned
08/10/2009 Ex-FBI Agent Reportedly Will Head TSA (Transport Topics) AFGE Mentioned
08/10/2009 FORMER FBI AGENT RUMORED AS NEW TSA CHIEF NOMINEE (Homeland Security Today) AFGE Mentioned
08/07/2009 AP report: TSA administrator chosen; collective bargaining rights soon to be won says AFGE (Washington Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
07/24/2009 Labor-Management Talks a First for TSA (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
07/10/2009 Airport Screeners a Step Closer to Bargaining Rights (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
07/09/2009 COMMITTEE TO MARK UP TSA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BILL (Homeland Security Today) AFGE Mentioned
05/21/2009 Awwwww.... TSA 'Bad Place To Work' (Aero-News) AFGE Mentioned
05/01/2009 TSA, FAA and Airlines Accused of Not Protecting Transportation Staff (FindingDulcinea.com) AFGE Mentioned
04/30/2009 Bargaining Table (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
04/30/2009 Questions Surface About Worker Protections at Border, Airports (ABC News) AFGE Mentioned
04/29/2009 Flu Crisis Underscores Need For Updated Telework Policies (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
04/21/2009 TSA Discriminated Against Employee on the Basis of Disability, EEOC Rules (FEDmanager) AFGE Mentioned
04/21/2009 2nd lawmaker wants treatment of DIA screeners reviewed (9 News - Denver)
04/13/2009 Report concludes internal e-mail compromised airport security test (NextGov)
04/11/2009 Congressman wants hearings about TSA workplace issues at DIA (9 News - Denver)
04/05/2009 TSA Workers Want Right To Collective Bargaining (Aero-News) AFGE Mentioned
04/05/2009 DIA security screeners say managers distract from duty (Denver Post)
04/04/2009 TSA management tactics to be investigated (9 News - Denver)
04/04/2009 TSA management tactics to be investigated (9 News - Denver)
04/03/2009 Attacks on screeners could endanger passengers, TSA workers say (9 News - Denver)
04/02/2009 At TSA, a Waiting Game For Bargaining Rights (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
04/02/2009 Winging it on Whistleblowers (Washington Independent) AFGE Mentioned
04/02/2009 AFGE tells Congress to grant TSA officers the same workplace rights as other federal workers (DC Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
04/02/2009 Airport security in limbo on union rights (United Press International) AFGE Mentioned
04/02/2009 Congress moves quickly on range of workforce bills (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
04/02/2009 Attacks on screeners could endanger passengers, TSA workers say (9 News Colorado (Denver))
03/10/2009 Homeland Security's Next Mission: Self-Improvement (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
03/06/2009 Workplace issues challenge new DHS team (Federal Times) AFGE Mentioned
03/05/2009 Labor Leaders Ask Congress to Allow TSA to Unionize (Congressional Quarterly) AFGE Mentioned
03/05/2009 Advocates say DHS managers, rank-and-file are dissatisfied with personnel policies (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
03/04/2009 AFGE Aims New Videos at TSA (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
02/25/2009 DHS weighing collective bargaining for airport screeners (Federal Times)
02/25/2009 Whistleblower protections will be back on table, lawmakers vow (Federal Times)
02/25/2009 DHS Secretary Napolitano moves toward affording TSA officers bargaining rights (DC Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
02/25/2009 DHS chief open to expanding collective bargaining rights (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
02/25/2009 AFGE Meets With New DHS, USDA Chiefs (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
02/13/2009 AFGE releases first video in series telling story of support for TSA employees from the beginning (DC Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
02/12/2009 When 'bad' credit stands in the way of a good job (USA Today) AFGE Mentioned
01/28/2009 AFGE, Coalition Urge Obama to Strengthen Whistleblower Protections (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
01/28/2009 House backs whistleblower provision in stimulus bill (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
01/27/2009 TSA employees give management low marks (Gov Exec) AFGE Mentioned
01/23/2009 TSA Survey: Employees Discontented With Pay, Treatment (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
01/21/2009 Survey shows increased dissatisfaction with management among TSA workers (Washington Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
01/08/2009 TSA shows concern about toxic uniforms only after union intervenes (Washington Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
01/07/2009 TSA Workers Complain Of Rashes From New Uniforms (Aero-News) AFGE Mentioned
01/06/2009 TSA agents say uniforms making them sick (United Press International) AFGE Mentioned
01/06/2009 Under your skin (Beaver County Times) AFGE Mentioned
01/06/2009 TSA Employees Complain Of Use Of Formaldehyde In New Uniform (AHN Global News) AFGE Mentioned
01/06/2009 TSA Suffers Rash of Uniform Discomfort (NBC Chicago)
01/06/2009 TSA changes policy in response to union AFGE urges compliance (Washington Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
01/05/2009 New Uniforms Cause Problems For TSA Workers (CBS 2 - Chicago)
01/05/2009 TSA workers report rashes from uniforms (Chicago Sun-Times) AFGE Mentioned
01/05/2009 New TSA uniforms making workers sick AFGE demands replacement (Washington Examiner) AFGE Mentioned
01/05/2009 New TSA Uniforms Trigger a Rash of Complaints (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
01/05/2009 TSA Workers Itchin' for New Uniforms (CBS 2 - Chicago)
11/25/2008 Obama Miffed; Approach To TSA Contract Misguided (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
11/25/2008 Obama Criticizes TSA for Contract Award (BNET.com) AFGE Mentioned
11/24/2008 Obama singles out TSA for sole-sourcing (Washington Technology) AFGE Mentioned
11/20/2008 Obama Plan to Grant TSA Workers More Union Rights Renews Debate Over Security Effect (U.S. News and World Report) AFGE Mentioned
11/19/2008 Will Obama win lead to collective bargaining rights at TSA? (cyberFEDS) AFGE Mentioned
11/17/2008 Obama Wrote Federal Staffers About His Goals (Washingtonpost.com) AFGE Mentioned
11/17/2008 Obama Eyes TSA Working Conditions (Trafficworld.com) AFGE Mentioned
11/17/2008 Change in Government: Barack Obama's Letters to AFGE (Fed Smith) AFGE Mentioned
11/17/2008 Obama listed goals in letters to federal workers (Reuters) AFGE Mentioned
11/11/2008 What Unions Really Want: A Stimulus Bill (Forbes.com) AFGE Mentioned
11/11/2008 TSA Bargaining Rights, Federal Agency Funding Are Among Civil Service Priorities for Obama (Government Employee Relations) AFGE Mentioned
11/06/2008 Unions Express Hopes for New Administration (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
11/06/2008 High Hopes for a New Friend in the White House (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
11/06/2008 Federal Unions' Top Ten Goals for an Obama Presidency? (Fed Smith) AFGE Mentioned
11/05/2008 Obama, squeaking by, will change travel (BLOG: Left Field) AFGE Mentioned
11/05/2008 Obama administration represents change federal unions looking for (cyberFEDS) AFGE Mentioned
11/05/2008 Federal Workers Look Forward to Obama Administration (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
11/05/2008 Obama to expand benefits, unionize TSA, curb outsourcing, review pay reform (Federal Times) AFGE Mentioned
11/05/2008 Obama win reignites push to organize airport screeners (Government Executive) AFGE Mentioned
09/12/2008 Union representing federal workers eyes TSO rights (Dailypress.com) AFGE Mentioned
09/11/2008 U.S. settles suit over right to unionize (SFGate.com) AFGE Mentioned
09/02/2008 AFGE Applauds EEOC Ruling in Rehab Act Case (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
08/15/2008 Union recruiting TSA workers at Pittsburgh airport (The Associated Press) AFGE Mentioned
08/15/2008 Union recruits TSA workers at airport (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) AFGE Mentioned
08/02/2008 Potentially dangerous chemical builds up in airport water (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) AFGE Mentioned
08/01/2008 Unions question TSA plan to extend whistleblower rights (Government Executive) AFGE Mentioned
07/31/2008 Avue files protest over massive TSA human resources contract (Government Executive) AFGE Mentioned
07/31/2008 AFGE Efforts Lead to Enhanced Whistleblower Protections at TSA (AFGE) AFGE Mentioned
07/22/2008 AFGE Calls for Standardized Pay and Training for All TSOs (AFGE) AFGE Mentioned
07/18/2008 TSA/Lockheed Contract a Waste of Taxpayer Money, Says AFGE (AFGE) AFGE Mentioned
07/17/2008 Mobile Edge Introduces Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Case Collection (MarketWatch.com)
07/17/2008 TSA Ramps Up Virtual 'Strip Searches' (ABC News)
07/17/2008 New security system at Washington airports (Cheap Flights)
07/17/2008 Airport tests special security for flight crews (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
07/16/2008 TSA Focuses on Small Aircraft to Meet Cargo Goal (Homeland Security Today)
07/16/2008 House Democrats, TSA at odds over cargo screening mandate (Government Executive)
07/16/2008 TSA Targets 50% Cargo Screening Goal (Aviation Week)
07/16/2008 TSA begins testing pilots-only security lines (USA Today)
07/15/2008 Emerging Threats (United Press International)
07/15/2008 TSA Ramps Up Deployment of Advanced Technology X-Ray Machines, Passenger Imaging Technologies, and Liquids Explosive Detection Technology (TSA)
07/15/2008 TSA's Progress in Air Cargo Screening (TSA)
07/15/2008 Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration May Face Resource and Other Challenges in Developing a System to Screen All Cargo Transported on Passenger Aircraft (GAO)
07/15/2008 U.S. Triples Scanners That See Under Fliers' Clothes (Bloomberg (wire))
07/14/2008 TSA launches leak investigation (CNN)
07/14/2008 Perdue: Guns should be OK at airport (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
07/14/2008 Myth Buster: TSA's Watch List is More Than One Million People Strong (TSA blog)
07/14/2008 The Million-Man Match: ACLU and TSA Debate Extent, Problems of Terrorist Watch List (CQ Politics)
07/13/2008 TSA awards HR to Lockheed (Federal Times)
07/06/2008 VIDEO: Woman's Lawsuit Alleges Manhandling By Reagan National Airport Police (WRC (NBC4) - D.C. metro)
07/02/2008 New TSA Canine Teams Will Significantly Enhance Air Cargo Security at Dulles Airport (TSA)
06/30/2008 TSA Names Kevin McCarthy Federal Security Director for Memphis (TSA)
06/29/2008 Alarming rise in guns at D/FW (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
06/28/2008 Two Views Of TSA Employees (Tampa Tribune)
06/28/2008 Penalties pursued in armed flying (Clarion Ledger)
06/27/2008 U.S. Travel Industry Lost $26 Billion In 2007 Due To Air Security Measures (All Headline News)
06/26/2008 TSO Discovers Pretend Ammo in Passenger's Sandal (TSA)
06/26/2008 TSA Supports National Capital Region Cooperative Inter-modal Transportation Security Exercise (TSA)
06/26/2008 TSA's attempts to solve workplace problems could be making matters worse (Government Executive) AFGE Mentioned
06/26/2008 TSA working to speed up security checks (St. Petersburg Times)
06/26/2008 Airport likely to get 'calmer checkpoints' (East Valley Tribune)
06/25/2008 Solidarity Stand for Local TSA Screeners (ABC 3340) AFGE Mentioned
06/25/2008 Rehberg Measure Mandates TSA Screening for Montana’s Rural Airports (U.S. Rep Denny Rehberg)
06/25/2008 Behavior Detection Officer Checking Travel Documents and Off-Duty Police Officer Prevent Security Breach at World’s Busiest Airport (TSA)
06/25/2008 ‘Self-Select’ Security Lines Come to La Guardia (New York Times Magazine)
06/25/2008 MT's rural airports getting TSA Security (Montana's News Station)
06/25/2008 Alert Officers Found Suspected IED at Washington-Dulles International Airport (TSA)
06/24/2008 TSA: “Every Voter Counts” (ACLU Blog)
06/24/2008 Privacy: What It's Like To Fly With No ID Under The TSA's New Regulations (Consumerist)
06/24/2008 Abandoned change adds up for TSA (USA Today) AFGE Mentioned
06/24/2008 Cops OK with TSA uniforms, contrary to newspaper report (Security Director News)
06/23/2008 Screening for tyrants & idiots (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
06/23/2008 Foreign students labeled 'threats' (Washington Times)
06/23/2008 TSA Announces Enhancements to Airport ID Requirements to Increase Safety (TSA)
06/22/2008 The Flight Watchmen (Washington Post Magazine)
06/22/2008 Travelers accept body scanners as 'wave' of future (Washington Times)
06/22/2008 Get Ready to Strip At Reagan National (Washington Post)
06/21/2008 Air travelers now must show ID to clear checkpoint (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
06/20/2008 Our position: Airports should follow Orlando and insist on daily sreening for workers (Orlando Sentinel)
06/19/2008 Flying without an ID is coming to a controversial end (CNN)
06/19/2008 More than ever, they're watching (Columbus Dispatch)
06/18/2008 Indy airport's security powerful, subtle (Associated Press)
06/18/2008 TSA Names Verdi White as Federal Security Director at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (TSA)
06/18/2008 Critical Homeland Security Measures Pass House (House Homeland Security Committee)
06/18/2008 TSA Announces New Airport Airside Security Initiative (TSA)
06/18/2008 TSA chief at Hartsfield-Jackson to be replaced (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
06/18/2008 Battle looming over biometric airport credentials? (CR80 News - Tallahassee)
06/18/2008 Airport screeners to wear police-like badges; officers object (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
06/18/2008 Kip Hawley Keynote Address at The International Air Transport Association Security and Facilitation Forum (TSA)
06/18/2008 MIA to begin using full-body scanners this summer (Miami Today)
06/17/2008 TSA Expands Random Screening to Gates (TSA)
06/17/2008 Criminal Caught in Observation Net at Texas Airport (TSA)
06/17/2008 Barbarians at the Airline Gate (Wall Street Journal)
06/17/2008 TSA Expands Random Screening to Gates (TSA)
06/17/2008 Airport Screeners Dress for Respect (Time)
06/16/2008 TSA Wins Awards for Technology, Environmental Programs (TSA)
06/16/2008 TSA's new policelike badges a sore point with real cops (USA Today)
06/16/2008 Test gives airport workers a closer look (USA Today)
06/14/2008 Checkpoint imagers at D/FW Airport get mixed reaction (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
06/13/2008 Airport Watch (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association)
06/13/2008 D/FW Airport gets security tool that's more revealing (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
06/13/2008 TSA's Inconsistent Shift-Bidding Policy Causes Confusion, Hurts Morale (AFGE TSA Blog) AFGE Mentioned
06/13/2008 New security scan at DFW Airport has privacy advocates worried (Dallas Morning News)
06/13/2008 TSA Response to Washington Times Story on TSA Accounting Practices (TSA)
06/12/2008 TSA Names Federal Security Director for Buffalo Niagara International Airport (TSA)
06/12/2008 Airports trading pat downs, wands for ‘body scanner’ (Cape Coral Daily Breeze)
06/12/2008 Analysis: Students labeled security threat (United Press International)
06/12/2008 TSA faulted for accounting, security lapses (Washington Times)
06/11/2008 Miller Calls on DHS to Withdraw Inappropriate Classification of Students as “Security Threats” (House Committee on Science and Technology)
06/11/2008 Venezuela could check flights from the United States (El Universal)
06/11/2008 McCarran security scans won't be for the bashful (Casino City Times)
06/11/2008 Airport mulls adding larger baggage scanner (Cody Enterprise - Cody, Wyo.)
06/11/2008 Rossides: New Administration Won't Change Security Operations (Aviation News)
06/11/2008 Some Say New Security Scanner Reveals Too Much (CBS 11 TV - Ft. Worth)
06/11/2008 Why is ID Important for Security? (TSA blog)
06/10/2008 TSA offers fast screening lanes at some airports (USA Today)
06/10/2008 At Airports, Lines Made for Speed (New York Times)
06/10/2008 Sky Harbor considering ways to speed up lines (KNXV-TV -Phoenix )
06/10/2008 Four Discoveries and Three Arrests in 12 Hours at Tampa (TSA)
06/10/2008 Armed flying issue raised (Clarion Ledger)
06/10/2008 McCarran to use body scanners for security (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
06/10/2008 Airport security 'expert lane' idea flawed (United Press International)
06/10/2008 Opinion: Anatomic scanners won't make us safe (Chicago Daily Herald)
06/09/2008 Assembling a mosaic: Three Federal Register notices from TSA (Government Security News)
06/09/2008 AFGE Represents TSO at First DRB Hearing (AFGE TSA Blog)
06/09/2008 Is Israeli-Style Airport Security Coming to America? (Pajamas Media)
06/09/2008 U.S. transportation agency experiments with new airport checkpoint system (International Herald Tribune)
06/08/2008 Head Strong: The high-flying rich aren't asked to remove their shoes (Philadelphia Inquirer)
06/08/2008 Gov’t. 2.0: Wikis, blogs and more (Federal Times)
06/07/2008 TSA to shift 18 from NNY until September (Watertown Daily Times)
06/06/2008 Document Checkers Find Fake Passport (TSA)
06/06/2008 An Inside Look at Behavior Detection Officers (TSA)
06/06/2008 Travelers: Airport Body Scanners Reveal Too Much (WJLA TV (D.C.))
06/06/2008 TSA denies Lockheed request for more funding (Associated Press)
06/06/2008 TSA's New Scanner Gets Up Close and Personal (Consumer Affairs)
06/06/2008 10 airports install body scanners (USA Today)
06/06/2008 Guns on planes: TSA should stop stonewalling (Clarion Ledger)
06/06/2008 Military personnel move to front of airport lines (WSBT-TV - South Bend, IN)
06/06/2008 ACLU Statement on Airport Body Scanning Machines (ACLU)
06/05/2008 US is not happy with Venezuelan air security (El Universal)
06/05/2008 TSA Announces Enhancements to Airport ID Requirements to Increase Safety (TSA)
06/05/2008 A Day in the Life of Checkpoint Evolution at BWI (TSA blog)
06/04/2008 AFGE calls for changes to imaging policies (United Press International) AFGE Mentioned
06/04/2008 AFGE calls for changes to imaging policies (United Press International) AFGE Mentioned
06/04/2008 AT AFGE URGING, TSA MOVES TO CHANGE IMAGE TESTING POLICY (AFGE) AFGE Mentioned
06/03/2008 Would Newfangled Airport Security Work in New York? (New York Times)
06/03/2008 Analogic gets $7M subcontract for new baggage screener (Mass High Tech)
06/03/2008 Is this really a better checkpoint? (TSA blog)
06/02/2008 TSA, Analysts Question Security Value of Registered Traveler Program (Congressional Quarterly)
06/02/2008 TSA Deploys Screening Equipment (Aviation News)
06/02/2008 Post-Sept. 11 US airport designs specialize in 'security that you can't see' (Associated Press)
05/31/2008 Five tips to ensure the TSA doesn't steal your stuff (Houston Chronicle)
05/31/2008 Lindbergh terminal closed after suspicious passenger goes missing (San Diego Union-Tribune)
05/30/2008 Four days, two loaded guns at Raleigh-Durham International (TSA)
05/30/2008 DHS Looks to Adopt Israeli Airport Security Methods (Homeland Security Today)
05/30/2008 Boise Airport shakes up security line system (KTVB - Boise, Idaho)
05/30/2008 What it takes to survive (Aviation Week Blog)
05/30/2008 TSA to deploy advanced X-ray, body imager systems (Government Security News)
05/29/2008 Random searches added at Austin Straubel (Green Bay Press Gazette)
05/29/2008 Survey shows airport screening, delays hurting economy (Government Executive)
05/29/2008 Tribal IDs valid at airport security checkpoints (Dutch Harbor Fisherman - Alaska)
05/28/2008 Undercover Investigation Yields Arrest of United States Customs and Border Patrol Supervisor at New York Airport (US DEA)
05/28/2008 ABC makes a run for the 'Border' (Hollywood Reporter)
05/28/2008 Speedier security lanes at Hartsfield-Jackson? (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
05/28/2008 Charlotte VIPR Operation Covers Multiple Modes of Transportation (TSA)
05/28/2008 Homeland Security avoids subpoena by turning over documents (Government Executive)
05/27/2008 Which is it: Millimeter Wave or Backscatter? (TSA blog)
05/27/2008 Authorities investigate suspicious baggage at McAllen airport (The Monitor - Texas)
05/27/2008 Smiths Detection's X-Ray Checkpoints Deployed At Denver Airport (Aviation News)
05/27/2008 Airport security, screeners receive explosive training (Security Director News)
05/27/2008 TSA to follow FAR and DHS acquisition regs (Washington Technology)
05/27/2008 Final Rule: Revision of Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments (Federal Register)
05/27/2008 Boy tries to hop another plane (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
05/27/2008 TSA contracting exemption to end next month (Government Executive)
05/27/2008 Federal Agency Adds Three Security Features At Bradley (Harford Courant)
05/26/2008 TSA contract heats up (Washington Technology)
05/26/2008 BLOG - An Unruly TSA? (JeffreyDenning.Blogspot.com)
05/26/2008 Unlocked door prompts brief lockdown at Metro Airport's McNamara terminal (Detroit News)
05/24/2008 Travel woes could grow by bagful (Baltimore Sun)
05/23/2008 Port Authority bolsters security measures at airports (Empire State News)
05/23/2008 Three Finds in Three Weeks at John Wayne Airport (TSA)
05/22/2008 Security lines speed up with new X-ray machines at Reagan National Airport (Washington Business Journal)
05/22/2008 Have laptop, will breeze through security? (USA Today)
05/22/2008 Federal Circuit: No Property in Contract for Airport Screening Service (BLOG: inversecondemnation)
05/22/2008 Whole body imaging installed at Sunport (KOB - Albuquerque)
05/22/2008 'Whole body imaging' coming to DIA (Rocky Mountain News)
05/22/2008 Newark airport to get $400M for automatic bag screeners (New Jersey Star-Ledger)
05/22/2008 State cuts may mean no airport expansion (St. Cloud Times)
05/22/2008 Lawmakers push for more diversity at Homeland Security (Government Executive)
05/21/2008 Traveler packs pepper spray, 9 TSA agents at San Jose airport doused (San Jose Mercury News)
05/21/2008 Knife found on JWA plane; TSA points to employees (Daily Pilot (Calif.))
05/21/2008 Lambert Airport Reports another Security Incident (KSDK News 5)
05/21/2008 Lambert Airport Reports another Security Incident - VIDEO (KSDK News 5 - St. Louis)
05/21/2008 Workforce Diversity Governmentwide and at the Department of Homeland Security (GAO Testimony)
05/21/2008 TSA Reminds Summer Travelers of the Three Simple Steps to Security (TSA)
05/21/2008 Lawmaker Suggests Skirting the Rules to Boost Diversity at DHS (Congressional Quarterly)
05/21/2008 The Business of Securing Airports--Keeping the emphasis on Security (Global Security Associates)
05/20/2008 TSA to test ID-only check of pilots (USA Today)
05/20/2008 When you fly, you're being watched (9 News - Denver)
05/20/2008 Police: Woman Tried To Check Pot At Airport (KCRA - Sacramento)
05/20/2008 Bill would create redress for some travelers (Federal Computer Week)
05/20/2008 OIA standing improves, thanks to TSA (WDBO - Orlando)
05/20/2008 Airport Theft Caught on Tape (Good Morning America)
05/20/2008 Bomb dogs showcase skills at BIA (Bangor Daily News)
05/20/2008 Atlanta's airport slides in customer satisfaction (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
05/19/2008 The Science Behind 3-1-1 (TSA blog)
05/19/2008 New Security Equipment at Minot Airport (KFYR-TV - North Dakota)
05/19/2008 Behavior detection officers at airports (ABC 7 News - San Francisco)
05/18/2008 New lines ease flow for airport security (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
05/18/2008 Sea-Tac's security: Are they serious? (Seattle Times)
05/17/2008 Tang Bomb: Liquid Explosives Are the New 'Weapon of Choice' (FOX News)
05/17/2008 Missing Girl Found In Atlanta Thanks To TSA Agent (CBS 2 - Chicago)
05/16/2008 AIrport self-select security lanes debut today (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
05/16/2008 DHS Awards $844 Million to Secure Nation's Critical Infrastructure (Department of Homeland Security)
05/16/2008 UK Liquid Explosives Trial (TSA blog)
05/16/2008 Undercover Producer's Actions Trigger TSA Investigation (KCTV 5 - Kansas)
05/15/2008 Federal Agents Cause Security Breach At DIA (Denver Channel)
05/15/2008 We’ll Have to Check, Sir (New York Times)
05/15/2008 TSA Baggage Handler Arrested At MIA (Local 10 - Miami)
05/15/2008 Airport enhances employee screening (Register Guard - Oregon)
05/15/2008 Private piercings raising public alarm (MSNBC)
05/14/2008 TSA Certifies Reveal CT-80DR EDS at 226 Bags Per Hour (Business Wire)
05/14/2008 Name mix-up slips by airport security (Washington Examiner)
05/14/2008 Pointed Questions for TSA Chief at Budget Hearing (Congressional Quarterly)
05/14/2008 TSA to implement cargo screening plan (United Press International)
05/14/2008 Sikh group has point about SFO screening (Contra Costa Times)
05/14/2008 Companies take on mammoth screening duty (USA Today)
05/13/2008 Thompson Presses for Collective Bargaining Rights for All Front-Line Workers (House Homeland Security Committee)
05/13/2008 TSA to Deploy Hundreds More Advanced Technology X-Rays and Many More Whole Body Imagers to Airports in Time for Summer Travel (TSA)
05/13/2008 TSA Administrator Kip Hawley's Oral Testimony on the FY2009 Budget Proposal and on TSA’s Progress on Program Activities Testimony & Speeches (TSA)
05/13/2008 Senators object to TSA passenger fee to pay for explosives detectors (Federal Times)
05/13/2008 Airport Screener Taken Off Active Duty Following Security Breach (Buffalo News)
05/13/2008 Fliers Self-Sort At Security (Wall Street Journal)
05/13/2008 Panel Opposes Boost In Security Fee (Aviation News)
05/13/2008 Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation and Surface Transportation Security Programs, but More Work Remains (GAO)
05/13/2008 Senate Commerce hearing gives TSA positive reviews (Government Executive)
05/13/2008 TSA Administrator Kip Hawley's Written Testimony on the FY2009 Budget Proposal and on TSA’s Progress on Program Activities (TSA)
05/12/2008 OSC Filing Challenges Aviation Security (Government Accountability Project)
05/12/2008 Security Breach at Buffalo Airport (WKBW - Buffalo)
05/12/2008 Airport security breach examined (New Jersey Star-Ledger)
05/12/2008 Big Security Chill At CNS (Air Cargo News)
05/11/2008 On The Topic of Airport Security (Wakefield Etudiant)
05/11/2008 Rep. salutes TSA (Daily Pilot)
05/11/2008 Revealing reactions at LAX (Long Beach Press Telegram)
05/11/2008 First-Class Privilege (New York Times Magazine)
05/10/2008 Expert says airport security still lacking (New Jersey Star-Ledger)
05/09/2008 Groups Says SFO Security Singling Out Sikhs (KPIX TV - San Francisco)
05/09/2008 Speeding Up Airport Security (FOX News Blog)
05/09/2008 Screening program begins for airport employees (New Bern Sun Journal)
05/09/2008 Two guards at Lambert suspended (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
05/09/2008 Bill Would Mandate Airport Worker Biometric IDs (Homeland Security Today)
05/09/2008 Midway offers security lanes for pro, casual and new travelers (Chicago Daily Herald)
05/08/2008 Bill Calls for More Rigorous Screening of Airport Workers (Congressional Quarterly)
05/08/2008 Airport 'Lexus lanes' closer to a test run (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
05/08/2008 So far, so good for Midway Airport's new screening system (Chicago Tribune)
05/08/2008 VIDEO: Midway Debuts New Security System (Chicago Tribune)
05/08/2008 Two Security Guards Suspended After Breach At Lambert Airport (KTVI - St. Louis)
05/08/2008 House bill aims to improve airport biometrics (Washington Technology)
05/07/2008 FAQs about items stolen from checked bags (Budget Travel)
05/07/2008 New screening program begins test at Logan (Boston Globe)
05/07/2008 Thompson Introduces Biometric Airport Security Legislation (House Homeland Security Committee)
05/07/2008 Theft from baggage: The TSA reponds to our readers (Budget Travel)
05/06/2008 Perlmutter backs new screening plan for airport workers (Aurora Sentinel (Colorado))
05/06/2008 TSA Orders Rapiscan Screening Units (Aviation News)
05/06/2008 Why We're Not Paying Enough (Washington Post)
05/06/2008 Two TSOs Get Their Jobs Back When TSA Fails To Follow Its Own Policies (FEDmanager) AFGE Mentioned
05/06/2008 TSA Launches Employee Screening Pilot Programs at Seven Airports (TSA)
05/06/2008 Dagger found in carry-on luggage (Santa Barbara Daily Sound)
05/05/2008 TSA revamps checkpoints at Love Field to ease stress, congestion (Dallas Morning News)
05/05/2008 Bigger planes mean beefed-up security measures at Pangborn (Wenatchee World)
05/05/2008 Man Breaches Security At Sunport (KOAT - Albuquerque)
05/03/2008 Man breaches Orlando airport security (Orlando Sentinel)
05/03/2008 LAX gets improved screening machines (Daily Breeze)
05/03/2008 AUDIO: New TSA Scanner Makes Clothes Invisible (National Public Radio )
05/02/2008 New Security Line Options To Be Offered To Passengers At Mitchell International (WISN - Milwaukee)
05/02/2008 Cargo on passenger planes to get closer check (Toronto Star)
05/02/2008 TSA Denies Immigration Watch (Irish Voice)
05/02/2008 Sikh Coalition Releases First Quarter TSA Report Card (Panthic Weekly)
05/01/2008 Bill Targets Tip-Offs to Airport Screeners of Transportation Security Tests (Congressional Quarterly)
05/01/2008 TSA Approves Use of Tamper-Evident Bags for Duty Free Liquids for Flights Leaving the U.S. (TSA)
04/30/2008 TSA tries to shorten Atlanta's airport security lines (Associated Press)
04/30/2008 Easing the Pain at Airports (New York Times)
04/30/2008 Jeff Horowitz Named Federal Security Director at Norfolk International Airport (TSA)
04/29/2008 Now Boarding at BWI: Security With Hint of Calm (Washington Post)
04/29/2008 TSA rolls out more "expert" security lanes (Budget Travel)
04/29/2008 TSA Chief Coming to Atlanta (WSB Radio - Atlanta)
04/29/2008 Passenger Gets Knife Past Security At Newark (WCBS TV - New York)
04/29/2008 Baring your all for BWI security (Baltimore Sun)
04/29/2008 Atlanta airport wants shorter lines from TSAa (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
04/28/2008 Sunport gets security upgrade (KOB TV - New Mexico)
04/28/2008 TSA screeners enhance security (ABC 7 News - San Francisco)
04/28/2008 Hartsfield-Jackson's Ben DeCosta Responds to Clear Members (Aviation Week)
04/28/2008 New checkpoint security screening unveiled at BWI (Baltimore Sun)
04/28/2008 REMARKS BY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF ON AVIATION SECURITY AND TRAVELER SCREENING ENHANCEMENTS (Department of Homeland Security)
04/28/2008 Facial recognition scans to be deployed in U.K. this summer (Homeland Security Daily Wire)
04/28/2008 Behind the Scenes: New airport scanner reveals all (CNN)
04/28/2008 Blog response: Has the TSA stolen from you? (Budget Travel) AFGE Mentioned
04/28/2008 Behind the Scenes: New airport scanner reveals all (CNN)
04/28/2008 Inexperienced traveller skips security before boarding plane (WOOD TV - Grand Rapids, Mich.)
04/28/2008 Checkpoint Changes to Improve Security and Calm Process (TSA)
04/28/2008 Checkpoint Evolution Now Live at BWI (TSA)
04/28/2008 'Eagle Eye' Awarded TSO for Gun Discovery (TSA)
04/28/2008 DHS Announces New Aviation Security and Traveler Screening Enhancements (Department of Homeland Security)
04/28/2008 Screening at Stewart living up to demand, says new regional TSA director (Mid Hudson News)
04/28/2008 ID plan meant to clear fliers of suspicion (USA Today)
04/27/2008 Security breach at Salt Lake International (ABC 4-Salt Lake City)
04/26/2008 Airplane Security Gone to the Dogs (ABCNews.com)
04/25/2008 Shorter security lines at airport? Not so fast! (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
04/25/2008 South Bend Airport's Schalliol Recognized For Screening Improvements (Aviation News)
04/25/2008 TSA and Continental Airlines Continue to Expand Paperless Boarding Pass Pilot Program (TSA)
04/25/2008 DHS Employees Believe In Their Work, But Not Merit-Based Pay Increases Or Reforming Poor Performers (FEDmanager)
04/25/2008 The View From Gate 14 (Wall Street Journal)
04/24/2008 TSA lets expert fliers sail through security (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
04/24/2008 TSA issues RFP for risk-assessment software (Washington Technology)
04/23/2008 Changes to speed security checks at Nashville airport near completion (Tennessean)
04/23/2008 Security: Has the TSA stolen from you? (Budget Travel)
04/23/2008 TSA Preparing Major IT Contract (Homeland Security Today)
04/23/2008 It's going to be a rough summer for flying (Wall Street Journal)
04/22/2008 Chattanooga Metro Airport Incident Sparks Change in Child Security Process (News Channel 9-Chattanooga)
04/22/2008 Aviation: Airport Security horror stories (Chief Officer's Network)
04/21/2008 Oakland airport seeks to improve screenings (KGO TV Oakland)
04/21/2008 AAAE To Host GA Airport Security Conference (Aviation News)
04/21/2008 Tips to ensure the TSA doesn't swipe your stuff (MSNBC.com)
04/21/2008 Terror Trial Reveals Evolving Tactics (CBS Evening News)
04/21/2008 ID cards prepare for takeoff (Washington Technology)
04/20/2008 TSA encounters brief metal detector problem at DFW (Associated Press)
04/19/2008 Airport screeners to get more security training (Associated Press)
04/18/2008 JFK, LAX to pilot body imaging scanners (United Press International)
04/18/2008 Travelers Uneasy About Airport Security Device (WCTV Tallahassee)
04/18/2008 TSA chief allows air marshals to speak with lawmakers (Government Executive)
04/18/2008 ‘Behavior Recognition’ Added to TSA’s Toolkit for Safer Skies (Congressional Quarterly)
04/18/2008 TSA Head’s Verdict on Cockpit Misfire: Pilot Error (Congressional Quarterly)
04/18/2008 DHS Employee Survey Shows Higher Satisfaction at FEMA (Congressional Quarterly) AFGE Mentioned
04/18/2008 LAX will use body imaging scanning (LA Times)
04/18/2008 MIAA asks US execs to exempt heads of state from frisking (Phillipines Inquirer)
04/18/2008 Morale at Homeland Security Still Shaky After Five Years (Washington Post)
04/17/2008 Surge in security staffing at JWA (Orange County Register)
04/17/2008 New Kennedy Airport scanner sees under clothing (Newsday)
04/17/2008 The 2007 DHS Annual Employee Survey Results (TSA)
04/17/2008 TSO Honored by Police, Helped Apprehend Murder Suspect (TSA)
04/17/2008 Catch a Wave and Avoid a Pat Down (TSA blog)
04/17/2008 DHS Employee Survey Results – Employees Matter (DHS Blog)
04/17/2008 TSA better at conceiving improvements than implementing them, says GAO (Government Security News)
04/17/2008 Airports in NYC, LA begin using revealing body scanners (Associated Press)
04/17/2008 TSA Assumes Control of Checking Travel Documents (KSDK St. Louis)
04/17/2008 Orlando airport works to reduce time spent waiting in security lines (Orlando Sentinel)
04/17/2008 Ex-marshal: Air marshal training 'a national disgrace' (CNN)
04/17/2008 Obama sends letter to TSA over uniform flap (Chicago Sun-Times)
04/16/2008 TSA Members Honored Following Arrest At OIA (Central Florida News 13)
04/16/2008 TSA Statement on CNN's Recent Air Marshal Coverage (TSA)
04/16/2008 Airport police arrest 74-year-old woman who refuses screening (Palm Beach Post)
04/16/2008 TSA may begin air passenger background checks in 2009 (Government Executive)
04/16/2008 House Panel Discusses TSA's Plans For Enhancing Security (Aviation News)
04/15/2008 Bullet found on plane at O'Hare (Chicago Sun-Times)
04/15/2008 The First Significant Deployment of Aviation Security Technology Since the 1970s (TSA blog)
04/15/2008 TSA to Purchase Hundreds of Advance Technology X-Ray Units and 30 Millimeter Wave Whole Body Imagers (TSA)
04/15/2008 TSA Still Sorting Out Its Role in Surface Transportation Security (Congressional Quarterly)
04/15/2008 Congressional Testimony: House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection Holds Hearing on the Transportation Security Administration (Congressional Quarterly)
04/15/2008 Moving Beyond the First Five Years: How TSA Will Continue to Enhance Security (TSA)
04/15/2008 More airports to use 'whole body imaging' machines (CNN)
04/15/2008 Dems push to alter anti-terror efforts (Houston Chronicle)
04/15/2008 “Moving Beyond the First Five Years: How the Transportation Security Administration Will Continue to Enhance Security for All Modes of Transportation” (House Homeland Security Committee)
04/15/2008 Efforts to Strengthen Aviation and Surface Transportation Security Continue to Progress, but More Work Remains (GAO)
04/14/2008 Flush With Victory, Federal Unions Fight Each Other (Congressional Quarterly) AFGE Mentioned
04/14/2008 Report: Unsecured TSA Uniforms at O'Hare (Associated Press)
04/14/2008 Report: Security Breach at O’Hare Airport (Fox News)
04/14/2008 Security breach hits O'Hare (Chicago Sun-Times)
04/14/2008 Air safety: Mechanical systems demand scrutiny (Clarion Ledger)
04/13/2008 Recent experience with TSA amounted to physical assault (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
04/11/2008 'Switched-On' TSOs Thwart Theft at Checkpoint (TSA)
04/11/2008 Woman arrested in Q-C airport’s landing area (Quad-City Times)
04/11/2008 Don’t Alter Airport Security Procedure (Wheeling Intelligencer)
04/10/2008 Chertoff: More Personnel Better for TSA Than Current Generation of Technology (Congressional Quarterly)
04/10/2008 Statements on Federalizing the Montana 7 Airports (TSA)
04/10/2008 TSA to offer screening at seven small MT airports (Associated Press)
04/10/2008 ABC News Takes an Exclusive Look at What TSA Says Are Terrorists' Latest Tactics (ABCNews.com)
04/10/2008 Passenger screenings to start at small MT airports (KTVQ Montana)
04/10/2008 Montana’s smallest airports to get security screeners (Great Falls Tribune)
04/10/2008 Questions About TSA Plan to Meet 100% Screening of Air Cargo (Homeland Security Today)
04/10/2008 TSA screening changes warranted (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
04/10/2008 MARKEY: Secure Air Cargo, Safe Air Planes Both Required for Safe Air Passengers (U.S. Congressman Edward Markey)
04/10/2008 TSA unveils plan to X-ray air cargo (USA Today)
04/09/2008 Wray hired to oversee transportation security in Tenn. (Greensboro News Record)
04/09/2008 TSA Checks Itself (FederalNewsRadio.com) AFGE Mentioned
04/08/2008 TSA Names Nancy Baggott Federal Security Director for Long Beach Airport (TSA)
04/08/2008 Although airport security tells passengers they must show ID to board planes, they really don’t (Kansas City Star)
04/08/2008 Activists want screeners on camera (Washington Times)
04/08/2008 Orlando officials share flying concerns with TSA (Orlando Sentinel)
04/08/2008 VIDEO: TSA behavior detection officers talk about the apprehension of Jamaica Air passenger (Orlando Sentinel)
04/08/2008 Chilly Details emerge from Trans-Atlantic Terror Plot Hearing (TSA)
04/07/2008 Sure you're stressed; just don't let on at the airport (Everett Daily Herald)
04/07/2008 Behavioral screening at airports isn’t exact science (Associated Press)
04/07/2008 Training to Recognize Explosives in Butler County (WKRC TV Cincinnati)
04/07/2008 VIDEO: Training to Recognize Explosives (WKRC TV Cincinnati)
04/07/2008 Rehberg Seeks Passenger Screenings at Small Airports in Montana (Associated Press)
04/07/2008 Rehberg Seeks Passenger Screenings at Small Airports in Montana (Associated Press)
04/07/2008 TSA Director Details Methods in OIA Bomb-Making Bust (WDBO AM Orlando)
04/07/2008 Orlando council quizzes TSA official about OIA security (Orlando Sentinel)
04/07/2008 TSA Rolls Back Some Performance Pay Mandates (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
04/05/2008 TSA Deploys Airport Behavior Screeners (Associated Press)
04/05/2008 Lidell new security director at Hancock (Utica Observor Dispatch)
04/05/2008 Saturday's Child – Tony the terrorist (Barbados Nation)
04/04/2008 How TSA captured bomb suspect at OIA (Orlando Sentinel)
04/04/2008 In Case You Missed It (DHS Blog)
04/04/2008 EEO Complaints on the Rise (AFGE TSA Blog) AFGE Mentioned
04/04/2008 AIRLINES: STILL A TARGET FOR TERRORISTS (Security Debrief)
04/04/2008 Airport execs team with TSA to develop biometric solutions (Government Security News)
04/03/2008 TIA revenue to drop $10M (Tampa Bay Business Journal)
04/03/2008 TSA to soothe security checks (St. Petersburg Times)
04/03/2008 Salt Lake Airport security keeps watchful eye on travelers (ABC 4-Salt Lake City)
04/03/2008 TSA Touts Bomb Arrest at Fla. Airport (Associated Press)
04/03/2008 Common sense, not mood lights needed at airports (Annapolis Capital)
04/03/2008 When Is a Face Suspicious? (Time)
04/02/2008 Buffalo Niagara International Airport upgrading security checkpoint to end bottleneck (Buffalo News)
04/02/2008 Airports Form Consortium to Work with TSA on Biometrics (American Association of Airport Executives )
04/02/2008 Suspect identified in Orlando International Airport bomb parts case (Orlando Sentinel)
04/02/2008 Five Years Later: The TSA That Should Have Been (AFGE TSA Blog) AFGE Mentioned
04/02/2008 Federal Policy May Endanger Armed Pilots (Associated Press)
04/01/2008 Stand & Deliver (GovExec Magazine) AFGE Mentioned
04/01/2008 BWI to test soft lighting, music to nab bad guys (Baltimore Sun)
04/01/2008 AFGE’s Victory Gets Demoted Dallas LTSO Reinstated (AFGE TSA Blog) AFGE Mentioned
04/01/2008 Undercover work in St. Lucie nabs TSA employee on child porn charges (TC Palm)
04/01/2008 New Security Lines Implemented At CVG (WCPO)
04/01/2008 4th Handler Freed In TIA Thefts (Tampa Bay Tribune)
04/01/2008 Commentary: TSA half-wits are keeping abreast of latest threats (Austin American Statesman)
04/01/2008 More than 10% of pilots allowed to fly armed (USA Today)
04/01/2008 A kinder, gentler TSA (Las Vegas Sun)
04/01/2008 TSA Statement on Incident at Orlando International Airport (TSA)
03/31/2008 TSA Unveils Less Stressful Screening Process (Fox 5 (D.C.))
03/31/2008 TSA Checkpoints (WPTV (Fla.))
03/31/2008 TSA: Security Checkpoints to Get Makeover (WJLA TV (D.C.))
03/31/2008 TSA "Nipple Ring" Articles (Various)
03/31/2008 Investigation continues in alleged baggage handler thefts (AZ Family)
03/31/2008 TSA Hopes a Calmer Checkpoint Is a More Secure Checkpoint (Congressional Quarterly)
03/31/2008 Security checkpoint gets makeover (USA Today)
03/31/2008 TSA tries soothing screening process (USA Today)
03/31/2008 Three baggage handlers arrested at TIA (Tampa Bay 10 News)
03/30/2008 Checkpoint Changes Coming (TSA blog)
03/30/2008 Faster airport security lines being tested (Dallas Morning News)
03/30/2008 New Security Procedures In Place At Port Canaveral (Central Florida News 13)
03/29/2008 Pilot's gun discharging in cockpit leads to calls for scrutiny of TSA procedures (Arizona Republic)
03/29/2008 Lawmaker to scrutinize U.S. policy of arming pilots (Charlotte Observer)
03/28/2008 Statement on Alleged Improper Screening at Lubbock, Texas (TSA)
03/28/2008 Changes at TSA (Washington Post) AFGE Mentioned
03/28/2008 TSA Rolls Back Some Performance Pay Mandates (Federal Daily) AFGE Mentioned
03/28/2008 Airline can't afford upgrade (Cincinnati Enquirer)
03/27/2008 TSA makes more modifications to screener pay system (Government Executive) AFGE Mentioned
03/27/2008 Senator cites airport security ills (New Jersey Star-Ledger)
03/27/2008 Oakland Airport Adds Pre-Screening Security Option (KPIX TV)
03/27/2008 Airport security `FasTrak' debuts at Oakland (Oakland Tribune)
03/25/2008 Brits Unveil New High-Tech Security Camera (CBS "The Early Show")
03/25/2008 TSA wants better X-ray gear for air cargo inspections (Government Security News)
03/01/2007 TSA union fight threatens anti-terror bill (USA Today) AFGE Mentioned
03/01/2007 Democrats Fight for Implementation of the 9/11 Recommendations (PRNewswire) AFGE Mentioned
03/01/2007 Battle Brews On Fight To Allow TSA Screeners To Unionize (Aviation Daily)
02/28/2007 Call to Expand Union Rights Could Derail Antiterror Bill (The New York Times)
02/28/2007 Republicans Threaten to Derail Anti-Terror Bill Over Union Rights (NotSoHumble.net) AFGE Mentioned
02/28/2007 Analysis: Bush Will Veto TSA Labor Law (The Post Chronichle)
02/27/2007 GOP Warns of Union Talk in Security Bill (ABCNews.com)
02/27/2007 Senate to consider homeland security bills Tuesday (International Herald Tribune)

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