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== Overview ==
The '''Transportation Security Administration''' ('''TSA''') is a U.S. government law enforcement agency that was created as part of the [[Aviation and Transportation Security Act]] passed by the [[U.S. Congress]] and signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001. The TSA was originally organized in the U.S. [[Department of Transportation]] but was moved to the U.S. [[Department of Homeland Security]] on November 25, 2002. The agency is responsible for security in all modes of transportation.<ref>49 U.S.C. §114(d).</ref>
 
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The '''Transportation Security Administration''' ('''TSA''') is a U.S. government law enforcement agency that was created as part of the [[Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001]] passed by the [[U.S. Congress]] and signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001. The TSA was originally organized in the U.S. [[Department of Transportation]] but was moved to the U.S. [[Department of Homeland Security]] on November 25, 2002. The agency is responsible for [[security]] in all modes of [[transportation]].
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TSA facilitates the [[security]] and freedom of movement of the nation's air, surface, and maritime transportation systems.<ref>49 U.S.C. §114(d).</ref> This requires coordinating or overseeing the [[security]] of highways, buses, mass transit [[system]]s, railroads, pipelines, ports, and approximately 450 U.S. airports. More than 40,000 TSA [[employee]]s stationed throughout the world interact daily with the public or [[data collection|collect]], use, and [[disseminate]] [[PII]] about the public.
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In 2009, for example, TSA [[implement]]ed the [[Secure Flight]] program which will eventually require a substantial volume of [[PII]] to [[passenger screening|screen airline passengers]].
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== Privacy issues ==
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In accordance with [[ATSA]], all passengers, their accessible property, and their checked baggage are [[screen]]ed pursuant to [[TSA]]-established procedures at more than 450 airports presently regulated for [[security]] by [[TSA]]. These procedures generally provide, among other things, that passengers pass through [[security checkpoint]]s where they and their [[identification document]]s, and accessible property, are checked by transportation security officers (TSO), other [[TSA]] employees, or by private-sector screeners under [[TSA]]'s [[Screening Partnership Program]].
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* [[Homeland Security: DHS and TSA Face Challenges Overseeing Acquisition of Screening Technologies]], at 3.
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* [[TSA Aviation Web Boards]]
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Latest revision as of 22:57, 10 October 2014

Overview[]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a U.S. government law enforcement agency that was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001. The TSA was originally organized in the U.S. Department of Transportation but was moved to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on November 25, 2002. The agency is responsible for security in all modes of transportation.

TSA facilitates the security and freedom of movement of the nation's air, surface, and maritime transportation systems.[1] This requires coordinating or overseeing the security of highways, buses, mass transit systems, railroads, pipelines, ports, and approximately 450 U.S. airports. More than 40,000 TSA employees stationed throughout the world interact daily with the public or collect, use, and disseminate PII about the public.

In 2009, for example, TSA implemented the Secure Flight program which will eventually require a substantial volume of PII to screen airline passengers.

Privacy issues[]

In accordance with ATSA, all passengers, their accessible property, and their checked baggage are screened pursuant to TSA-established procedures at more than 450 airports presently regulated for security by TSA. These procedures generally provide, among other things, that passengers pass through security checkpoints where they and their identification documents, and accessible property, are checked by transportation security officers (TSO), other TSA employees, or by private-sector screeners under TSA's Screening Partnership Program.

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  1. 49 U.S.C. §114(d).

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