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Homeland Security

GAO Finds Mixed Results In TSA’s Covert Testing Efforts

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 4th, 2019

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GAO Finds Mixed Results In TSA’s Covert Testing Efforts

The Transportation Security Administration has improved its processes for covert testing of passenger and checked baggage screening at U.S. airports to uncover vulnerabilities but its overall efforts remain mixed, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report. “In 2015, TSA established the Security Vulnerability Management Process to leverage agency-wide resources to address systems vulnerabilities,” GAO says in an unclassified version of its report. “However, this process has not yet resolved any identified security vulnerabilities. Since 2015, Inspection officials…

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

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Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

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Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

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Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

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