Secure Flight: TSA Should Take Additional Steps to Determine Program Effectiveness

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Abstract:

Since 2009, Secure Flight has changed from a program that identifies passengers as high risk solely by matching them against the No Fly and Selectee Lists to one that assigns passengers a risk category: high risk, low risk, or unknown risk. In 2010, following the December 2009 attempted attack of a U.S.-bound flight, which exposed gaps in how agencies used watchlists to screen individuals, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began using risk based criteria to identify additional high-risk passengers who may not be in the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), but who should be designated as selectees for enhanced screening. Further, in 2011, TSA began screening against additional identities in the TSDB that are not already included on the No Fly or Selectee Lists.

Author(s):
Grover, Jennifer A.
Author Organization(s):
United States Government Accountability Office
Funding Organization(s):
United States Government Accountability Office , Washington , DC
Document Type:
Technical Report/Congressional Report
Publication Date:
2014 Sep 01
Pagination:
62

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TRECMS
Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
united states government, civil rights, department of homeland security, detection, governments, homeland security, law, law enforcement officers, national governments, public administration, airport security, commercial aircraft, law enforcement, mobile phones, vulnerability, aircrafts, civil aviation
Subject Categories:
Aviation Technology; Behavioral and Social Sciences
Creation Date:
2022 Sep 27
Update Date:
2022 Nov 29