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TSA Finalizing Strategic Goals Document

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this month is completing a strategic document for 2013 to 2016 that maps out its goals in four key areas, including more rapidly getting new capabilities into the field to improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of users, according to the head of the agency’s technology office. The key goal areas include accelerating the process of delivering new capabilities to users, maturing business processes in order to make better investment decisions that support risk-based security, supporting…

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