Transportation Security Administration

Press Releases

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta (ATL), Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), and Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) will be the first airports to deploy CLEAR's biometric eGates.
Operating under the TSA’s Registered Traveler Program, CLEAR will work in collaboration with the TSA to deploy their eGates ahead of the 2026 World Cup and Olympic Games.
Aug. 25, 2025
TSA photo
Open Architecture is a technology-design approach for software and hardware that uses widely accepted standards to ensure interoperability across tools and platforms regardless of the technology designer, manufacturer or supplier.
All future contracting efforts for TSA’s airport security screening solutions will require vendors to provide equipment or software that comes from a common software framework...
Aug. 2, 2023
Tsa Pre Check
More than 19,200 individuals applied for TSA PreCheck membership on Feb. 21, 2023 – the highest for any single day in TSA's history.
March 3, 2023
TSA
As of December 16, TSA has stopped 6,301 firearms; more than 88% were loaded. This number surpasses the previous record of 5,972 firearms detected in 2021.
TSA will continue to revoke TSA PreCheck eligibility for at least 5 years for passengers caught with a firearm in their possession, and the agency also increased civil penalties...
Dec. 19, 2022
(TSA Photo)
Firearms discovered at TSA checkpoints in 2020.
Highest rate seen in the agency’s 19-year history
Jan. 26, 2021
(Photo courtesy USCG)
Former USCG Vice Commandant Peter Neffenger was recently sworn in as the sixth TSA administrator.
Former U.S. Coast Guard vice commandant to lead agency
July 7, 2015
New trace portals require passengers to stand still for just a few seconds while air is collected for instant examination
Oct. 13, 2004

Articles

Photo: TSA
A look at the Idemia ID analysis machines in use for a pilot project at Ronald Reagan Airport. The officer stands behind the shield, and human-to-human contact is non-existent.
COVID and social distancing means Do-it-Yourself security is taking on a whole new meaning for the commercial market
Oct. 5, 2020

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