Travel Security Update.Aug 27, 2007 DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) to test potential passport alternative. Vermont and the DHS plan to increase the security of the state's driver's licenses Noun 1. driver's license - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something in an attempt to create an alternative document in compliance with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative “WHTI” redirects here. For other uses, see WHTI (disambiguation). The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (or WHTI) requires all travelers to show a valid passport when traveling to the United States from areas within the western hemisphere. . The project is similar to an ongoing initiative in Washington state. Aug 24, 2007 Passenger data will be shared among agencies. Information about foreign travelers to the U.S. that is collected by DHS can and will be shared with U.S. intelligence agencies, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. officials. The information is stored in a database that until now has been used primarily by Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States officials. "We're expanding our portfolio of agencies we are working with," a department spokeswoman said. Aug 24, 2007 TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). will allow cargo from certified shippers to pass without screening. The TSA will implement a program that will allow boxes sealed by government-certified shippers to be loaded on planes with no further screening. A TSA spokesman said freight "is inherently screened" if tamper-evident seals are intact when it arrives from a facility that meets federal security standards. Aug 24, 2007 [sup.3]Big Brother[sup.2] TSA watching passengers. The TSA is rolling out a new screening program that has specially trained agents fanning out to high-risk airports across the country to watch passengers. The program, Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques, has agents on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout atypical atypical /atyp·i·cal/ (-i-k'l) irregular; not conformable to the type; in microbiology, applied specifically to strains of unusual type. a·typ·i·cal adj. behavior among passengers. Officials refused to comment on which airports are being screened under the new program. Aug 23, 2007 New rules may complicate travel to, from U.S.. Industry insiders are criticizing a new air travel safety rule which requires airlines to provide the U.S. government with passenger information earlier than previously required. "This new measure, on top of all the other ones already in place, is really disturbing. Asking business travelers to plan their trip at least 72 hours in advance is unrealistic," said Jerome Drevon-Barreaux, a global travel manager for a Paris firm. Aug 23, 2007 Turkish Court Charges Plane Hijackers. A Turkish court has charged two men with hijacking hijacking Crime of seizing possession or control of a vehicle from another by force or threat of force. Although by the late 20th century hijacking most frequently involved the seizure of an airplane and its forcible diversion to destinations chosen by the air pirates, when after they sought to seize control of a plane heading for Istanbul from northern Cyprus at the weekend, state-run Anatolian news agency said on Thursday. Aug 23, 2007 Many orthopedic implants will set off airport metal detectors. A new study found that airport metal detectors can detect more than half of all orthopedic implants. The TSA recommends that travelers with implants advise TSA security officers so a private screening can be arranged. Aug 21, 2007 TSA focuses on behavior detection. The TSA has trained 600 behavioral detection officers to spot terrorists at airports, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times' Joe Sharkey writes. TSA Administrator Kip Hawley Edmund S. "Kip" Hawley is the current Administrator & Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration, part of United States government's Department of Homeland Security. expects to double the number of detection officers in the next fiscal year. Hawley noted that good detection officers recognize signs of "hostile intent The threat of imminent use of force by a foreign force, terrorist(s), or organization against the United States and US national interests, US forces and, in certain circumstances, US nationals, their property, US commercial assets, and other designated non-US forces, foreign nationals, ." Aug 21, 2007 Expedited passport processing not so speedy. Public demand for passports has been overwhelming since new travel laws were put in place, swamping State Department offices with passport requests. A $60 fee allows travelers to get speedy passport processing, at least in theory. The Department has changed the definition of "expedited passport processing" from three business days to "a number of business days," as the State Department is now taking 10 days for internal processing. Aug 20, 2007 FAA gives airlines 60 days to implement new security rules. The FAA is giving U.S. airlines 60 days to comply with new flight deck security rules. Officials say the short grace period will be sufficient because most carriers already have many of the security procedures in place. Aug 20, 2007 Post-9/11 security rules create passport rush, issues. The State Department is predicting that because of the new rules relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc passports, 50% of Americans will obtain a passport or its equivalent in the next four years. Last week, officials revealed that it will cost almost $1 billion to handle the demand for passports over the next three years. They also said they will no longer guarantee a three-day processing time for expedited passports. Aug 20, 2007 Atlas Jet A Turkish court has charged two men with hijacking after they sought to seize control of a plane heading for Istanbul from northern Cyprus at the weekend, state-run Anatolian news agency said on Thursday. The two hijackers surrendered and released their hostages after forcing the Atlas Jet plane to land in southern Turkey on Saturday. They had said they had a bomb, which turned out to be modeling clay with wires attached. Hijackings are not uncommon in Turkey, where a number of radical groups ranging from Kurdish separatists separatists, in religion, those bodies of Christians who withdrew from the Church of England. They desired freedom from church and civil authority, control of each congregation by its membership, and changes in ritual. In the 16th cent. to far-left islamist militants operate. Aug 23, 2007 Atlas Jet Atlas Jet McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. It merged with Boeing in 1997 to form The Boeing Company. MD-83 jet hijacked in Turkey, the officials said the pair had demanded to be taken to Tehran. Broadcaster CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Turk said the two had met in northern Cyprus a year ago and their ultimate goal was to reach Afghanistan and join al Qaeda. It quoted police officials in the southern city of Antalya as saying one of the hijackers was Turkish and the other an Egyptian born in Cairo in 1974, who had received training in al Qaeda camps. It did not specify where the camps were. Newspapers carried similar reports. Previous reports have said one of the hijackers was a Syrian passport-holder, thought to be Palestinian. Aug 20, 2007 Atlas Jet Atlas Jet McDonnell Douglas MD-83 jet was hijacked as it brought 136 passengers from northern Cyprus -- a destination popular with Turkish and foreign tourists -- to Istanbul. One of the hijackers had tried to force the cockpit door open 15 minutes after takeoff and told passengers he was a member of al Qaeda. Most passengers were quickly released or escaped through emergency exits but six crew and passengers were held hostage until the hijackers surrendered about five hours after forcing the plane to land. Hijackings are not uncommon in Turkey, where a number of radical groups ranging from Kurdish separatists to far-left militants operate, and several incidents in the last year or so have ended without casualties. Aug 20, 2007 Atlas Jet Turkish Aircraft Hijacked, Passengers Freed. One of two men who hijacked a plane heading for Istanbul from northern Cyprus was trained in camps run by al Qaeda militants and planned to flee to Afghanistan, Turkish media reports said on Monday. The two hijackers surrendered and released their hostages after forcing the Atlas Jet McDonnell Douglas MD-83 plane to land in southern Turkey on Saturday with the threat of a "bomb" which turned out to be modeling clay with wires attached. Aug 20, 2007 Aviation Communication, Boeing Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems received both Supplemental Type Certification and Technical Standard Order Authorization from US FAA on Boeing 757s The Boeing 757 is an American short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was launched by Eastern Air Lines and British Airways to replace the Boeing 727 and entered service in 1983. for SafeRoute, its ADS-B-based program that provides on-ground situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in and merging and spacing assistance to pilots. It still is awaiting operational approval from FAA that would allow the technology to be used on commercial flights. "The ball's basically in FAA's court," an ACSS ACSS Africa Center for Strategic Studies ACSS Aluminum Conductor Steel Supported (cable) ACSS African Crop Science Society ACSS Association of Computer Support Specialists ACSS Aviation Communication and Surveillance Systems spokesperson said. "We've done all the work on our part." SafeRoute currently is installed on one UPS 757-200F for testing and demonstration. Once it is approved, UPS plans to install the system gradually on all of its -200Fs during routine maintenance checks. ACSS said discussions have begun with FAA toward certifying SafeRoute for 767s and 747s. Aug 22, 2007 Malaysia Airlines Malaysia Airlines appointed George Snyder as its senior technical consultant-safety and security. Snyder was closely associated with the operational and safety turnaround at Korean Air  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . in the early part of the decade when he served there as senior VP-corporate safety, security and compliance. Prior to that he was US Airways' VP-safety and regulatory compliance. 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