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TSA site rife with insecurity and conflict of interest: TSA site rife with insecurity and conflict of interestAnd you expected what from the govt?With govt, failure is success. Now the TSA can just ask for more money. After all, they are only trying to protect us. The extra hassle I have to endure at the airport...; Tags: Vertical industries, Transportation Security Administration, government; Discussion threads 2008-01-13
TSA site rife with insecurity and conflict of interest: Hey, security breaches, incompetence and corruption. Sounds like government IT. The Post reports: A government Web site designed to help travelers remove their names from aviation watch lists was so riddled with security holes that hackers could easily have stolen personal information from scores of...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Transportation Security Administration, Government, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Vertical Industries, Security, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-01-12
New airport scanning tech might be a little too revealing: New airport scanning tech might be a little too revealingWe've got one of thoseAt Schiphol airport. You can still choose whether you want to use conventional means (like searching by hand) or just walk in to the machine and get scanned. People scanning are in another part of the building...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, same people; Discussion threads 2007-10-12
New airport scanning tech might be a little too revealing: The Transportation Security Administration has a hot new machine for airport scanning. The new "millimeter-wave passenger imaging technology" produces much more detailed images than metallic scanners, the TSA says, according to a CNN report. But that's just the problem, says the American Civil Liberties Union. ...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Image, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-10-11
Air marshall info among 100,000 records on lost TSA hard drive: The Transportation Security Administration has lost a hard drive with personal information from 100,000 current and former employees. TSA isnt sure whether its just lost or if it was stolen but in either case they "deeply regret this incident," Ars Technica reports. And so, as in so many...; Tags: Security, Homeland security, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-08

TSA watchlists based on antique technology. Would ChoicePoint do a better job?: TSA watchlists based on antique technology. Would ChoicePoint do a better job?I see a pattern.[url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6170995.html]FBI chief blames aging computers for their privacy problems.[/url][url=http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3072]IRS CIO hopes that COBOL systems will help modernize agency.[/url]Modernize by staying obsolete. Right.If you must Ask the Fox to guard the Coop...then could you at least...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, ChoicePoint Inc., job, Transportation Security Administration; Discussion threads 2007-04-15
TSA watchlists based on antique technology. Would ChoicePoint do a better job?: Writing in Technology Review, Mark Williams explains that the problem with the Transportation Security Administrations watchlists - which famously produce reams of false positives - is based on a very old algorithm called Soundex. Latanya Sweeney, director of the Data Privacy Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon Universitys School...; Tags: Government technology, Privacy, Homeland security; Blog posts 2007-04-13
Port worker ID card program starts - without card readers: The Department of Homeland Security announced a new program, to start in March, that will require 750,000 U.S. port and maritime workers to carry biometric identification cards. There will be no card readers for at least a year, though, The Sacramento Bee reports. The Transportation Security...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast Guard, Security, Homeland security, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-01-04
Secure Flight violated privacy law, report finds: The Transportation Security Administration violated federal law by gathering passenger information from commercial databases without notifying passengers, a report by the Department of Homeland Securitys privacy office concludes. According to the Washington Post, TSAs Secure Flight program violated the 1974 Privacy Act, which requires that the public be...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, EagleForce, commercial data, Government technology, Homeland security, Privacy; Blog posts 2006-12-22
FBI shuts down self-help boarding pass site: A new entry in annals of stupid programmers. Christopher Soghoian, a graduate student at Indiana University's School of Informatics, posted a program on his website to create fake airline boarding passes, The Washington Post. He says he was exposing a security flaw. The government says he's assisting terrorists. ...; Tags: pass, Transportation Security Administration, Christopher Soghoian, security; Blog posts 2006-11-01
Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crock: Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crockSome airports give baggies outI recently flew out of Seattle and Oakland and not only did that pre-screening guy check your baggie, he had baggies to give you if you didn't have one.Regarding Holiday Inns, you've stumbled upon something there. I remember...; Tags: Vertical industries, Holiday Inns, crock, Transportation Security Administration, security, government, airport security, homeland security; Discussion threads 2006-10-20
Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crock: This week, for the Computer History Museums fellow awards, I made a quick trip to California that took me from Bostons Logan Airport to San Francisco International Airport and back again in under two days. For me, it was the first time I had liquids or gels in my bags...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, gel; Blog posts 2006-10-20
TSA pulls out of puffers, wants to fund improved X-ray technology: Millions of dollars allocated for so-called puffer technology, which was supposed to be able to detect explosives in bags by blowing puffs of air, will be reallocated to something that actually works, the Transportation Safety Agency signaled, according to the Washington Post. The proposal calls for a shift...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, puffer; Blog posts 2006-09-22
Have you had any electronic gear stolen from you at the airport?: Have you had any electronic gear stolen from you at the airport?no electronic gear?I haven't read anything about electronic gear being forbidden from carry-on's. The only thing I've seen is no liquids or gels of any kind. Do you have a link to the policy that says no...; Tags: Consumer electronics, Games, electronic gear, Transportation Security Administration, DVD; Discussion threads 2006-08-14
Liquid explosives threaten air travel: Liquid explosives threaten air travelHard to imagine something like TOVEX......passing for gatorade...with its gooey texture and all those shiny little bits is ALUMINUM in it....What's next?I can see where the TSA would love to have certain safety protocols in place, such as:1. All passengers must wear TSA issued shoeless orange...; Tags: Corporate governance, restroom, liquid, Transportation Security Administration; Discussion threads 2006-08-11
TSA to set up centralized network for Registered Traveler: TSA - the Transportation Security Administration - will build a centralized information network to "aggregate, store and distribute data to all entities participating in Registered Traveler," reports Washington Technology. Registered Traveler is TSA's program to allow frequent travelers faster processing if they submit to biometrics and advanced screenings. ...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration; Blog posts 2006-05-26
TSA Relocates 1,200 Employees in Record Time: Transportation Security Administration had the mission to protect the Nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) partnered with Unisys to transform an empty facility into a fully operational office able to accommodate 1,200 employees virtually overnight. The team worked from...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Unisys Corp., photocopier, transportation, fax, printer, cable, computer; Case studies 2006-05-04
TSA mismanaged Unisys contract, IG report says: The Transportation Security Administration badly bungled project management of a $1 billion contract for the Information Technology Managed Services program, the Dept. of Homeland Security's inspector general reported recently, says Federal Computer Week. "The original funding is almost exhausted but many airports still do not have basic information technology...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Unisys Corp.; Blog posts 2006-04-03
When asked for your ID by the airlines, show them this: By way of Bruce Schneier's blog comes a link to the Identity project which, in offering the 9th Circuit case of John Gilmore as proof, is proposing that if want to preserve our right to fly without I.D., then we'd better start exercising that right. Says the Identity Project's...; Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Identity Project; Blog posts 2006-03-10
TSA's Secure Flight insecure, delayed again: The Transportation Safety Administration's Secure Flight program "may not be adequately protected against unauthorized access and use or disruption," a Government Accountability Office auditor told Senate committee yesterday, according to the New York Times. The program has been long-delayed and agency chief Kip Hawley told the Senate Committee on Commerce,...; Tags: agency, Kip Hawley, Senate Committee; Blog posts 2006-02-10