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Missing laptop found, but security questions remain A vendor involved in TSA?s Registered Traveler program temporarily lost a laptop containing the unencrypted personal enrollment data of 33,000 people taking part in the program. TSA temporarily suspended the vendor, Verified Identity Pass, from enrolling new passengers in the program. Source: fcw.com/online/news/15345[...] GAO dismisses protest against TSA contract with Lockheed The Government Accountability Office will not consider a company?s protest challenging a multibillion-dollar Transportation Security Administration contract award to a competitor for human resources support. GAO ruled Aug. 4 it lacked jurisdiction to hear Avue Technologies? protest. GAO said that TSA?s solicitation was started before a law was passed giving GAO jurisdiction over TSA procurements. TSA struck a $1.2 billion deal with Lockheed Martin on July 3; that contract could expand to as much as $3 billion if the Homeland Security Department?s headquarters also decides to use Lockheed Martin?s services. Avue argued that TSA improperly changed the scope of the procurement, which originally was only for TSA and later expanded to Homeland Security?s headquarters. Avue also said TSA should have selected a vendor that is part of the federal HR Line of Business program. Under that program, agencies can choose to outsource their work to one of five federal agencies or four companies to save money. Avue will continue a protest with the Federal Aviation Administration?s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition. TSA, which was part of FAA before being moved to Homeland Security, made the award using FAA procurement rules. Source: raltimes.com/index.php?S=[...] Non-Liquid Toiletries Help You Cope With TSA Bans In recent years, liquid bans and checked-bag fees inspired me to collect alternative products that allow me to fly with a well-stocked toiletries kit without exceeding the allotted one-quart-bag limit. There are a number of good online resources for paper, powder, and solid alternatives to common liquid health and beauty products. Here are some inspirations for a daub-kit overhaul Source: smartertravel.com/travel-[...] Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed. Source: washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn[...] Flying, where privacy is just a fond memory Ticket prices are up, flight choices are down, and now some airlines are even charging for pillows. Could air travel get even more unleasant? Well, how about a choice between getting groped or getting stripped at security checkpoints? Maybe that's an unkind way to put it. Strictly speaking, passengers at a growing number of airports are being asked to choose between being scanned by technology that allows TSA agents to see through their clothing, or else submitting to pat-down searches.Source: examiner.com/x-536-Civil-[...] A St. Paul mom was told that her 2-year-old son, Jack, couldn't fly because he was on a terror watch list. John Anderson's family was taking a trip to Disney World in 2004 when they were stopped by security at Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport. The airlines thought John, who goes by Jack, was on a terror watch list. Source: startribune.com/politics/[...] Will Second Anniversary of TSA Liquid Ban Inspire Storytellers? Six-word Story Contest Organizers The Cranky Flier and BottleWise Hope So - Liquid restrictions in carry-on bags have left their mark on air travelers -- changing everything from what they bring and how they pack to how much time and patience they need to get through airport security screening. With the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration imposed restrictions just five days away comes a contest from The Cranky Flier(TM) and BottleWise(TM) that invites travelers to sum up their thoughts or experiences with the restrictions. The catch? They have to do it in exactly six words. Source: marketwatch.com/news/stor[...] Watch-list errors Reacting to numerous complaints from people who have been misidentified, the TSA says airlines could face $25,000 fines for wrongly telling someone they are on a government watch list. The errors often result from similarly spelled names. Passengers so identified have to prove they are not the suspected terrorist whose name is on the list. Source: watertowndailytimes.com/a[...] Do Your Batteries Look Like Bombs? Do You Even Know What A Bomb Looks Like? With the exception of a pipe bomb I once saw on the news, I don't think I've ever seen what a regular bomb looks like. Have you? It's an important question because the TSA is apparently willing to confiscate something (in this case, batteries) that it knows isn't a bomb, but that it still considers a threat because it looks like a bomb to other people (other people that don't know what a bomb looks like). Source: informationweek.com/blog/[...] TSA to expand Registered Traveler The Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday that it is opening the Registered Traveler program to any airport that wants to use it, and is eliminating the $28 fee it has charged to perform background checks. 
But TSA also is
distancing itself from the public-private program,
which uses biometric cards for identity
verification to speed members through airport
security checkpoints. It is not considered a
meaningful part of the agency?s security mandate.
Could You be on U.S. Terror Watch List? This is a rush transcript from "America's Election HQ," July 23, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Source: foxnews.com/story/0,2933,[...] A watch list, but who's watching it? What if this happened almost every time you traveled? You finally make it through the long airport security line, shedding your shoes, your belt and unpacking your laptop only to be stopped by a security guard who says that a notation on your boarding pass requires you to go through a second screening. Source: chicagotribune.com/news/n[...] Formal calls for probe into reporter's name on no-fly list A House representative said Thursday she is requesting an investigation after learning a CNN reporter was put on the federal no-fly list shortly after his investigation of the Transportation Security Administration. Source: cnn.com/2008/US/07/17/wat[...] CNN reporter criticizes TSA, finds self on terror watch list The post-9/11 airline watch list that is supposed to keep terrorists off of airplanes has swelled to more than 1 million names, including at least one investigative reporter who had been critical of the Transportation Security Agency, which maintains the watch list. Source: tory.com/news/2008/CNN_re[...] A pilot, his silverware and TSA insanity Salon writer Patrick Smith, a commercial airline pilot by trade, tells the maddening tale of trying to get through security with a fork, spoon and butter knife -- the same silverware that is routinely issued to the passengers Smith shuttles about the globe. As you can imagine, Smith, wearing his uniform and identifying himself as a pilot, was able to easily convince the TSA checkpoint agents that his silverware posed no threat to the cockpit or flying public. ... Uh, actually, it didn't go that way at all. Source: networkworld.com/communit[...] On the 'no-fly' list? How to fight false-positives Innocent travelers on watchlist can appeal, but TSA's program falls short. We?ve all heard the horror stories about well-intended watchlists designed to keep terrorists from boarding airplanes: How Senator Ted Kennedy?s name showed up on a watchlist a few years ago; how young children with names similar to those of known terrorists are prevented from boarding; how even federal air marshals have been barred from taking flights they are assigned to protect. Source: msnbc.msn.com/id/25612748[...] Commenters attack snarky TSA blogger The TSA blog: I read it so you don't have to. Yesterday I highlighted some fun bits from the Q&A over at the TSA blog about the new ID requirements for flying. As promised, here are some entertaining and insightful posts from the comments following that exchange. Source: gadling.com/2008/07/10/th[...] Sign up today for the Hardware Newsletter from Computerworld The findings of a study recently released by Dell Inc. and the Ponemon Institute LLC that claims 12,000 laptops are lost, missing or stolen each week at U.S. airports aren't easily supported by data reported by three of the airports in the study -- or by data from the Transportation Security Administration. Source: uterworld.com/action/arti[...] Idiot Tested, Not TSA Approved Several years too late, the Transportation Security Administration is simplifying the lives of travelers by approving the use of X-ray-friendly laptop cases. According to the New York Times:
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