Transportation Security Administration

DHS ‘centralizing’ disciplinary processes following 45-day review

The reforms come after unpublished reports showed cases of sexual harassment, domestic violence and other misconduct being overlooked at DHS law enforcement…

Agency Oversight

TSA hiring DEI chief to help tackle lack of diversity among senior ranks

Hiring/Retention

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FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

Pay & Benefits

Some members of the Interior Dept. will have an opportunity for remote work

Federal Newscast

Norman Mineta, transportation secretary in 9/11 era, dies

People

Exclusive

USCIS deputy to become TSA CIO

Reporter's Notebook

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Merit Systems Protection Board, files, seal, stack, papers

Proof the tiny MSPB matters big

Federal Report

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, Isabella Casillas Guzman attends a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship confirmation hearing on her nomination to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The new head of the Small Business Administration expects to make changes at the agency that she says will enable it to further help small companies devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

SBA dropping thousands of temporary employees hired as part of COVID response

Federal Newscast

White House proposes major pay raise for TSA screening workforce in 2023

Workforce

FILE - Voters arrive to cast the their ballots on Election Day at City Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. The first major election day following a year of relentless attacks on voting rights and election officials went off largely without a hitch. The relative calm was a relief to those who oversee state and local elections, but election experts say that might not matter to the millions of Americans who now believe in conspiracy theories trumpeting rampant electoral fraud. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal employees can now take paid leave to vote and work at the polls

Federal Newscast

Federal employee union presses DHS to follow through on expanding collective bargaining for TSOs

Unions

White House task force recommends agencies get better at informing employees about union rights

The White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment’s report builds on goals from the President’s Management Agenda to reinforce unions as…

Unions

Agencies look to bring cohesion to digital identity projects

Several agencies have embarked on digital identity verification projects in recent years, with some looking to now leverage each other’s work.

Big Data

A look inside the TSA’s new cybersecurity regime for pipelines and railroads

Cybersecurity

Operators of pipelines, freight railroads and passenger transit systems face a parade of cybersecurity deadlines this year.