Annual Report to Congress on Civil Aviation Security

By Transportation Security Administration

Book Id: WPLBN0000695513
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Annual Report to Congress on Civil Aviation Security
Author:	Transportation Security Administration
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Language:	English
Subject:	Economics, Transportation, Transportation--Security measures
Collections:	Transportation Security Administration Publications
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Publisher:	The Transportation Security Administration


Citation APA MLA Chicago Administration, T. S. (n.d.). Annual Report to Congress on Civil Aviation Security. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Executive Summary: This report presents a summary of events, programs, and accomplishments in civil aviation security in 1996, including the effectiveness of screening in air transportation and foreign air carrier and airport security. Recent events, growth of the aviation industry, and the intelligence assessments that pointed to an increasing threat of terrorism within the United States raised concern about the standard everyday measures that formed the baseline of domestic aviation security. This concern, the tragedies of ValuJet Flight 592 and TWA Flight 800, and major legislation drove a year of sweeping changes and growing partnerships and programs in civil aviation security.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................... i SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OF 1996................................................................................................i INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................1 FAA CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY MISSION........................................................................................................1 1996: A YEAR OF CHANGES AND GROWTH......................................................................................................1 Raising the Domestic Aviation Security Baseline........................................................................................2 SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.................................................................4 PARTNERSHIPS.................................................................................................................................................4 Airport Consortia...A Stronger Partnership...............................................................................................................4 Aviation Security Advisory Committee ........................................................................................................4 AIR CARRIER AND AIRPORT SECURITY .............................................................................................................4 Air Carrier Security....................................................................................................................................5 Principal Security Inspector (PSI)...............................................................................................................5 Joint Assessments ....................................................................................................................................................5 Airport Security ..........................................................................................................................................5 Federal Security Manager (FSM)................................................................................................................6 COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT ....................................................................................................................6 Assessment and Testing ...............................................................................................................................6 Aggressive Testing.................................................................................................................................................. 6 Enforcement................................................................................................................................................7 Violations at the Checkpoint.......................................................................................................................7 Streamlining Enforcement ...................................................................................................................................... 8 AVIATION SECURITY: PEOPLE .........................................................................................................................8 Screener of the Year.................................................................................................................................................9 Human Factors...........................................................................................................................................9 Information and Access Control................................................................................................................10 A Quick Response..................................................................................................................................................10 Universal Access System (UAS).................................................................................................................10 Domestic Aviation Security Training.........................................................................................................11 AVIATION SECURITY: TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................................12 Explosives Trace Detection .......................................................................................................................12 Partners in Equipment Deployment ....................................................................................................................... 12 Bulk Explosives Detection .........................................................................................................................12 Computer-Assisted Passenger Screening (CAPS) .....................................................................................13 Aircraft and Container Hardening ............................................................................................................14 OTHER SAFEGUARDS.....................................................................................................................................14 Positive Passenger Baggage Match ..........................................................................................................14 K-9 Explosives Detection..........................................................................................................................15 Partners With Paws................................................................................................................................................15 Federal Air Marshal (FAM) ......................................................................................................................15 Dangerous Goods and Cargo Security Program ......................................................................................16 Expanded Outreach................................................................................................................................................16 Drug Interdiction......................................................................................................................................17 Interference with Flightcrews Pilot Project...............................................................................................17 Protecting the Infrastructure .....................................................................................................................17 Security Risk Management Assessments ............................................................................................................... 17