- U.S. Scraps CAPPS II
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 The Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, known as CAPPS II, the controversial U.S. government plan to collect personal information from airline passengers and rank them according to terrorist risk level, has been delayed indefinitely and will most likely be abandoned over privacy and effectiveness concerns, Homeland security secretary ......
- U.S. scraps CAPPS II.
The Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, known as CAPPS II, the controversial U.S. government plan to collect personal information from airline passengers and rank them according to terrorist risk level, has been delayed indefinitely and will most likely be abandoned over privacy and effectiveness concerns, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge recently ......
- Aviation Security: Progress Since September 11, 2001,
and the Challenges Ahead.
GAO-03-1150T September 9, 2003 In the 2 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the security of our nation's civil aviation system has assumed renewed urgency, and efforts to strengthen aviation security have received a great deal of congressional attention. On November 19, 2001, the Congress enacted the ......
- Aviation Security: Improvement still Needed in Federal
Aviation Security Efforts.
GAO-04-592T March 30, 2004 The security of the nation's commercial aviation system has been a long-standing concern. Following the events of September 11, 2001, Congress enacted numerous aviation security improvements designed to strengthen aviation security, including the development of a passenger prescreening system and the federalization of airport screeners. Despite ......
- Transportation Security: Post-September 11th
Initiatives and Long-Term Challenges.
GAO-03-616T April 1, 2003 This testimony responds to the request of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States for information on GAO's work in transportation security. It addresses (1) transportation security before September 2001; (2) what the federal government has done since September 11th to strengthen transportation ......
- Washington Wire: Most VWP Countries Adopt E-Passport
All but three of the 27 countries that participate in the Visa Waiver Program with the United States are ready to issue e-passports in compliance with new U.S. rules, the Department of Homeland Security said. DHS said the 24 countries that met the Oct. 26 deadline for compliance with the ......
- Safe Passage
HEADNOTE What's the Transportation Security Administration doing to safeguard those who travel by train, ship or car? IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 2 Want to understand the differences between aviation security and security for ports, rail systems, highways, mass transit and pipelines in the United States? Simply do the math....