TSA making frequent travel easier to fly
This is a great one for frequent travelers.
(Rich says he heard about this on the news that they were planning this.) http://www.kiplingerforecasts.com/home/stories/frequent_fliers_to_get_more_help_in_airport_lines.html
Frequent Fliers to Get More Help In Airport Lines By Martha Lynn Craver March 2, 2007
Negotiating security lines will soon be much easier at a lot more airports, thanks to the mushrooming Registered Traveler program. Frequent passengers can apply to an approved vendor, submit to a background check and if they pass, be rewarded with a card that will let them breeze through security. The application process, which includes a biographic history, an iris scan and fingerprinting, takes about 15 minutes, vendors say, and results are usually available in two weeks. The cost is about $100 per year. Cardholders can also expect deals on airport parking plus other travel-related discounts, as vendors compete for business from airports, airlines and big companies with lots of traveling employees.
So far, the government has approved five vendors: Verified Identity Pass, Saflink, Unisys, Verant Identification Systems and Vigilant Solutions.
The program is already available at airports serving Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Orlando, Fla., and San Jose, Calif. Meanwhile, Reno, Nev., will add it this month, and Newark, N.J., will begin its program at Terminal B. JFK Airport in New York City will expand this month to include terminals 1 and 4. Jacksonville, Fla., will put the program in place soon.
Other airports looking at the Registered Traveler program include Albany, N.Y.; Baltimore-Washington International; Anchorage; Atlanta; Birmingham; Branson-Springfield; O'Hare and Midway airports in Chicago; Denver; Huntsville; Little Rock; L.A.; Miami; Pittsburgh; Waco; and Washington Dulles and Reagan National airports.
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Helpful link: Overview of Registered Traveler program http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/rt/index.shtm
Registered Traveler: Overview
The Transportation Security Administration and private industry are developing the Registered Traveler (RT) program to provide expedited security screening for passengers who volunteer biometric and biographic information to a TSA-approved RT vendor and successfully complete a security threat assessment. The program is market-driven and offered by the private sector with TSA largely playing a facilitating role.
Sponsoring entities (airports/airlines) and service providers (vendors) provide the necessary systems and processes to support RT, with TSA performing a limited, inherently governmental role such as providing the security threat assessment for adjudication and program oversight, as well as conducting physical screening at TSA checkpoints
The Registered Traveler program's guiding principles are to ensure a self-sustaining program, not disadvantage the public when they fly, safeguard personal privacy, encourage commerce and enhance the protection of the traveling public.
We look forward to working with airports, air carriers and vendors as the agency continues to support the private industry and the initial implementation of RT later this year.
For information on how to become a Registered Traveler, please contact your airport.
Read about our business model. Registered Traveler Business Model (pdf, 28kb)
After considering input from the public regarding the Registered Traveler business and fee models, TSA has embraced an alternative business concept for the RT Interoperability Pilot. Under this model, TSA will focus solely on aviation security, data protection, and compliance with TSA security standards.
TSA will ensure that RT vendors wanting to provide RT services to airports, airlines, and the public have met its program requirements. In turn, airports and airlines may partner for RT program operations only with TSA-approved RT vendors.
TSA's fee will be $28 per enrollment. This fee was officially set via Federal Register Notice and is standard for all initial enrollments. TSA will not modify current screening procedures, processes or policies unless new lane configurations are established with additional TSA-approved security measures. TSA will not seek cost reimbursement beyond the enrollment fee until such time that RT screening modifications impact TSA duties, responsibilities, or costs.
This revised model reflects these key business conditions:
For purposes of managing airport screening protocols and consistent with current operations, TSA will have an RT business relationship with airports and air carriers.
Passenger line management, prior to passengers arriving at TSA‑staffed checkpoint screening positions, will continue to be the responsibility of the airports and/or airlines.
TSA will not seek cost reimbursement from airports for physical screening until such time that any proposed RT processes change TSA duties and responsibilities to the point of increasing TSA’s costs.
The RT program is comprised of two fees, one for private industry and one for TSA.
TSA's portion is $28 and will cover the cost of completing a security threat assessment for each applicant and program management expenses.
RT participants will be subject to all existing security procedures until airports propose lane reconfigurations with additional TSA-approved security measures. Such measures would be funded, installed, and maintained by airport or airline partners participating in the RT program.
Anticipated RT benefits to the government are principally:
1) attracting more investment to security innovation, and
2) providing a pool of participants who have voluntarily completed background screening reviews to assist TSA in threat-reduction analysis.
Service Providers
The following Service Providers have met TSA's minimum criteria to offer RT Services to Sponsoring Entities:
Saflink Corporation, 12413 Willows Road, NE Suite 300 Kirkland, WA 98034
Unisys Corporation, 11720 Plaza America Drive, Tower IIIReston, VA 20190
Verant Identification, Systems, Inc. 2496 Ridge Road West, Suite 203 Rochester NY 14626
Verified Identity Pass, 270 Avenue of the Americas Suite #508 New York, NY 10020
Vigilant Solutions, 1721 Penman Road Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Registered Traveler Security, Privacy and Compliance Standards for Sponsoring Entities and Service Providers
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TSA has updated the RT Security, Privacy and Compliance Standards for Sponsoring Entities and Service Providers. The following change control document outlines these changes.
RT Security, Privacy and Compliance Standards Change Control Document (pdf, 56kb)
The Security, Privacy and Compliance Standards for Sponsoring Entities and Service Providers documents provides prospective Sponsoring Entities (SEs) and Service Providers (SPs) a comprehensive description of TSA's standards: Download the Registered Traveler Security, Privacy and Compliance Standards (zip, 1.4mb)
for Sponsoring Entities and Service Providers including all attachments.
How were the RT Security, Privacy and Compliance Standards developed?
TSA established the RT Security, Privacy and Compliance Standards by garnering leading practices from both the public and private sectors. Specifically, TSA:
Researched applicable existing guidance and government regulations pertaining to information security, privacy, public-private partnerships, foreign-owned or controlled entities as government contractors, and auditing standards;
Deleted for my entry. If you are a sponsor go to the link.Download our Service Provider Initial Participation Requirements and Application Process and Service Provider Application. Registered Traveler Participation Requirements and Application (zip, 100kb)
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