TSA Finds a New Home – by Dianna Tafazoli

TSA is Moving

The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has several offices in the Virginia.  TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger has announced that the massive agency will be consolidating all of its locations in Virginia to Eisenhowe Avenue in Alexandria, Virginia.

The agency has been criticized in recent years over security concerns.  TSA federal employee personnel have been found sleeping on duty and other workers have missed items in luggages that could have represented a security issue.  More and more passengers have been removed from planes either because of over zealous aircraft attendants or perhaps unruly passengers.

The TSA is responsible for airport security all over the country with some of the largest airports in the world with ongoing passenger and cargo traffic that is nearly immeasurable.  The TSA’s duties and responsibilities are wide and varied.  Although the TSA is challenged by safety and security issues, Security Officers have prevented more than 181,000 dangerous items including 2,200 firearms from being carried onto planes.

They have screened an average of 6 million air passengers against the government’s screening database. The TSA has prevented known or suspected terrorists from getting on planes with unsuspecting passengers and airline personnel.  TSA federal marshals protect thousands of flights.  TSA inspectors reported that more than 1,054 airport inspections took place and more than 17,894 aircraft operator inspections with 2,959 foreign air carrier inspections to assure the public and other stakeholders that the TSA is in compliance with established rules and regulations governing air traffic.

TSA continues to be challengd to protect the nation’s transportation systems including mass transit, rail, highway and pipeline sectors.  The TSA is working to continue developing a professional and dedicated array of staff committed to protecting the nation’s total transportation concerns.  TSA will be moving to its new home in 2017.

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Dianna Tafazoli