LN 24-02 | March 14, 2024 Congress Clears FY 2024 Appropriations for FAA; DHS/TSA Pending Third FAA Authorization Extension Passed with May 10 Deadline Biden Releases FY 2025 Budget Proposal It’s been a busy two weeks in Washington as Congress works to clear the decks of the FY 2024 annual spending bills and find a
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The U.S. Senate approved an extension of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding authority until March 8, 2024, averting a potential shut down of non-critical FAA operations and services. While the House of Representatives passed its extension on December 11, 2023, the bill was held up in the Senate by Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) over disagreements
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ACC President TJ Schulz was recently interviewed by the Washington Post about new self-screening technology that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be testing at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas in January 2024. “A lot of these technologies allow the passenger to be more in control of their own journey through the checkpoint
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Along with recognizing the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Airports, ACC presented the 2023 ACC Agency Best Practices Award to Keith Goll, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Requirements and Capability Analysis with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). ACC presented Goll the award at the 2023 ACI PS&S / ACC Security Technology Conference in October, in recognition
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ACC President T.J. Schulz facilitated the first meeting of a working group that is exploring opportunities to improve the security screening process for passengers with disabilities this week at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The working group is organized under the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) and was formed to develop
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ACC President T.J. Schulz was pleased to kick off the 2022 ACI PS&S / ACC Security Capabilities Conference this week by introducing TSA Administrator David Pekoske for keynote remarks. Pekoske discussed TSA’s efforts to respond to the surge in air travel and the need to bring officer salaries levels up to other federal agencies. Over
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Continuing ACC’s efforts to expand diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the industry, the leadership of ACC’s Security Committee met this week with key decision makers from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to discuss the agency’s DEI programs and initiatives. The Security Committee is intending to host a comprehensive briefing on this topic to provide
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