Transportation Security Administration
United States federal government agency
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| April 21 2025 | Ha Nguyen McNeill becomes Acting Administrator of TSA, replacing Adam Stahl. |
| February 18 2025 | Adam Stahl becomes Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, succeeding Melanie Harvey. |
| February 2025 | Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued a memorandum cancelling the 2024 collective bargaining agreement, which AFGE called a 'retaliatory action'. |
| January 20 2025 | David Pekoske is fired by President Donald Trump and replaced by Melanie Harvey as Acting Administrator. |
| May 2024 | An expanded collective bargaining agreement with a 7-year term was signed between TSA and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). |
| September 2023 | NBC Miami reported the arrest of 3 TSA employees for grand theft after they were filmed stealing cash and goods from passengers' handbags. |
| July 2023 | A new pay system mirroring the General Schedule was introduced for Transportation Security Administration employees following the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. |
| 2022 | TSA announced passengers can select their preferred gender marker and modified machine algorithms to be inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming individuals. |
| 2021 | A TSA employee was arrested at JFK Airport after attempting to smuggle guns through a metal detector. |
| 2021 | Former TSA agent Jonathan Lomeli was convicted of assault after tricking a woman into exposing herself under the false pretense of a security screening. |
| June 2021 | Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas issued a memorandum directing TSA to pay employees at a level equivalent to the General Schedule pay scale and offer expanded collective bargaining rights. |
| May 2021 | TSA issued cybersecurity regulations in response to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, developing revised cybersecurity directives for oil and gas providers with a focus on performance-based measures after consulting with federal regulators and private industry stakeholders. |
| January 20 2021 | David Pekoske begins serving as acting Secretary of Homeland Security. |
| 2020 | TSA had a total budget of $7.68 billion, with $2.4 billion (approximately 32%) coming from the $5.60 per-passenger September 11 Security Fee. |
| 2019 | TSA collected $926,030.44 in unclaimed money from airport security checkpoints. |
| November 13 2019 | David Pekoske concludes his role as acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. |
| April 11 2019 | David Pekoske begins serving concurrently as acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. |
| 2018 | Rasmussen Reports telephone poll of 1,000 adults indicated 45% had a favorable opinion of TSA, while 39% had an unfavorable opinion. |
| 2018 | TSA recorded 4,239 firearms detected in carry-on bags, representing a significant increase from previous years. |
| 2018 | The Transportation Security Administration employed 46,661 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) during fiscal year 2018, responsible for airport screening, baggage examination, and security checkpoint management. |
| 2018 | Record amount of unclaimed money of $960,105.49 was collected by TSA from airport security checkpoints. |
| 2018 | FAA Reauthorization Act passed, which includes the TSA Modernization Act, establishing a five-year term for the TSA Administrator and making the deputy administrator a politically appointed position. |
| September 11 2018 | TSA adopted a new official flag symbolizing its core values, featuring a white American eagle with nine stars and 11 rays referencing the September 11 attacks, set against a blue background with red and white rings representing protection, vigilance, and commitment to transportation security. |
| July 2018 | Third Circuit Appeals Court ruled that TSA agents are not 'investigative or law enforcement officers' under the Federal Tort Claims Act. |
| August 10 2017 | David Pekoske becomes the seventh TSA Administrator. |
| May 2016 | Actress Susan Sarandon claimed she was consistently harassed by TSA during the Bush administration, which stopped after her lawyers contacted the agency. |
| August 2015 | A TSA agent was charged with sexually assaulting a Korean exchange student at New York LaGuardia Airport after ordering her into a restroom for a screening and subsequently assaulting her. The TSA fired the worker after the incident. |
| July 4 2015 | Peter V. Neffenger becomes the sixth TSA Administrator. |
| April 2015 | NBC Denver reported a story about two TSA employees who coordinated to falsely flag attractive passengers for inappropriate groping. The employees were fired, but the state prosecutor declined to press charges due to lack of formal complaints. |
| January 1 2015 | Melvin J. Carraway becomes Acting Administrator, but is later reassigned due to leaked DHS Inspector General red team test results showing screening failures. |
| January 2014 | Jason Edward Harrington, a former TSA screener, revealed inappropriate staff behavior in body scanner monitoring, including mocking passengers' appearances. |
| 2013 | Dozens of TSA workers fired or suspended for illegal gambling at Pittsburgh International Airport. |
| 2013 | Eight TSA workers arrested in connection with stolen parking passes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. |
| 2013 | TSA announced the discontinuation of Rapiscan's backscatter scanners due to the manufacturer's inability to produce 'privacy software' that could abstract near-nude images into stick-like figures. |
| December 3 2013 | United States House of Representatives passed the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act (H.R. 2719) to address criticisms of TSA's acquisition process. |
| 2012 | Frequent Business Traveler organization poll found 56% of frequent fliers were unsatisfied with TSA's performance, with 57% rating the agency's work as 'poor'. |
| 2012 | Multiple TSA employees were arrested at Los Angeles Airport for involvement in a drug smuggling operation. |
| September 2012 | ABC News interviewed former TSA agent Pythias Brown, who admitted to stealing more than $800,000 worth of items during his employment, citing poor agency morale as a motivation. |
| 2011 | Former Administrator John Pistole granted limited collective bargaining rights to Transportation Security Officers after a union election between the American Federation of Government Employees and the National Treasury Employees Union. |
| February 2011 | TSA started testing new software on millimeter-wave machines at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport that automatically detects potential threats without requiring an officer to review actual passenger images. |
| 2010 | Beginning of a period of increased TSA employee misconduct, with cases rising from 2,691 to 3,408 by 2012, as documented in a GAO report. |
| 2010 | TSA first deployed full body imaging technology in airports, initially using backscatter X-ray scanners that produced ionizing radiation. |
| 2010 | TSA began testing scanners that would produce less intrusive 'stick figures' to address privacy concerns. |
| 2010 | An anonymous source revealed that undercover agents could bypass security screening and bring weapons through checkpoints at nearly 70 percent of major airports. |
| November 22 2010 | ABC/Washington Post poll showed 64% of Americans supported full-body X-ray scanners, while 50% believed 'enhanced' pat-downs were excessive. |
| November 15 2010 | CBS telephone poll of 1,137 people revealed 81% approval for TSA's full-body scans. |
| June 25 2010 | John S. Pistole assumes leadership as the fifth TSA Administrator. |
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