Secure flight program : airline passenger screening efforts / Hellen E. Spear, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spear, Hellen E., editor.

Series:

Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airports--Security measures--United States.

Airports.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Passenger traffic--Security measures--United States.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Until recently, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had applied relatively uniform methods to screen airline passengers, focusing primarily on advances in screening technology to improve security and efficiency. TSA has recently shifted away from this approach, which assumes a uniform level of risk among all airline travelers, to one that focuses more intently on passengers thought to pose elevated security risks. Risk-based passenger screening includes a number of initiatives that fit within a broader framework addressing security risks, but specifically emphasizes the detection

Contents:

""SECURE FLIGHT PROGRAM: AIRLINE PASSENGER SCREENING EFFORTS""; ""SECURE FLIGHT PROGRAM: AIRLINE PASSENGER SCREENING EFFORTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: RISK-BASED APPROACHES TO AIRLINE PASSENGER SCREENING""; ""SUMMARY""; ""AIRLINE PASSENGER SCREENING IN THE POST-9/11 CONTEXT""; ""WHAT IS RISK?""; ""ELEMENTS OF RISK-BASED SECURITY""; ""RISK-BASED APPROACHES APPLIED TO AIRLINE PASSENGERS""; ""SECURE FLIGHT""; ""PRE-SCREENING INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS""; ""SCREENING PASSENGERS BY OBSERVATIONAL TECHNIQUES (SPOT)""

""COLLECTION AND RETENTION OF PASSENGER DATA""""REDRESS""; ""ANALYZING NON-GOVERNMENTAL DATA USING THIRD-PARTY PRESCREENING""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""Chapter 2: SECURE FLIGHT: TSASHOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO DETERMINE PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""SECURE FLIGHT INITIALLY IDENTIFIED PASSENGERS ON TERRORIST WATCHLISTS AND NOW ALSO DIFFERENTIATES PASSENGERS BASED ON RISK""

""SECURE FLIGHT IS IDENTIFYING LOW-RISK PASSENGERSBY SCREENING AGAINST TSA PRE TM LISTS ANDCONDUCTING PASSENGER RISK ASSESSMENTS""""TSA HAS PROCESSES IN PLACE TO IMPLEMENT SECUREFLIGHT SCREENING DETERMINATIONS AT CHECKPOINTS,BUT COULD TAKE FURTHER ACTION TO ADDRESSSCREENING ERRORS""; ""TSA LACKS KEY INFORMATION TO DETERMINEWHETHER THE SECURE FLIGHT PROGRAM IS ACHIEVINGITS GOALS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II: SECURE FLIGHT SCREENING LISTSAND ACTIVITIES""

""APPENDIX III: SECURE FLIGHT PERFORMANCE DATA FORFISCAL YEARS 2012 AND 2013""""Chapter 3: SECURE FLIGHT: TSA COULD TAKEADDITIONAL STEPS TO STRENGTHEN PRIVACY OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""TSA HAS IMPLEMENTED OVERSIGHT MECHANISMSTO ADDRESS PASSENGER PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS,BUT ADDITIONAL ACTIONS COULD BETTER ENSUREFULL COMPLIANCE""; ""DHS TRIP ADDRESSES INCONVENIENCES AND DELAYSRELATED TO TSDB-BASED LISTS, AND IS TAKINGACTIONS TO REDUCE CASE PROCESSING TIME""; ""CONCLUSION""

""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""""AGENCY COMMENTS""; ""APPENDIX I: FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES PRINCIPLES""; ""Chapter 4: THE NO FLY LIST: PROCEDURAL DUEPROCESS AND HURDLES TO LITIGATION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND OF GOVERNMENT WATCHLISTS""; ""SELECT LEGAL ISSUES IMPLICATED BY THE NO FLY LIST""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63463-664-3

OCLC:

898475417