The reversal of the Trump teleworking undermines the security of the aviation, says ex-TSA officer

Aviation remains a top-class destination for terrorists and villain nations. Air Cargo’s security was recently examined after western secret services claimed that the Russian military secret services were behind a plot of plot behind a conspiracy last summer to smuggle fire equipment for the fire delay from DHL Express in Europe in Europe. The packages fell in front of the ground in Leipzig in the aviation of DHL in Leipzig and a logistics center in Birmingham, Great Britain. US and European security officers believe that the package bombs were a test run for future attacks against US-bound aircraft.

Specialists in safety processes, planning and risk reduction are required to address such threats for the safety of freight and passenger, emphasized Brittin.

He asked the chairman Mark Green, R-Ten., And a rank member Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. So the TSA can keep talents and ensure the program continuity.

President Trump signed an executive order last week, in which agencies were instructed to stop remote labor practices and to arrange employees to return to their desks. A subsequent guideline of the Office of Personnel Management contains details of how agency heads should implement the return to personal work. Trump fought on a platform to increase federal efficiency and accountability. According to the administration, Telework has led to empty offices, reduced performance and challenges in supervision and training.

Many federal employees do not agree that they do not work hard or do high -quality work for taxpayers.

The previous rules made it possible for the specialist matter experts to create careers for flexible work agreements and TSA in order to recruit and maintain specialized staff, says Brittin.

He added that the latest move of the TSA headquarters of Arlington, Virginia – about the Potomac River from the city center of Washington, DC – to Springfield, Virginia, is becoming more difficult to accommodate an influx of workers. “The new institution lacks the ability to fulfill the current personnel volume for teleworking, which means that the return to Office is logistically impractical and probably creates an unsustainable work environment,” said Brittin.

Advice committees of the home protection authority that are freezed

The security situation, he added, was also undermined by the recent departure of the director of the Air Cargo Division and the vacancy by Trump’s dismissal of the TSA administrator David Pekoske. The position of the deputy administrator at TSA is also free.

Ben Currier was the Executive Director of the Air Cargo Security Division of the TSA until his abrupt departure three weeks ago to take a position in the Ministry of Defense. His successor still has to be named.

In the meantime, the Department of Homeland Security has effectively discontinued the operation of the most important federal advisory committees, which are involved in aviation and cross -border freight safety. Members of the private sector of the advisory committee for aviation security (ASAC) and the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC), which supports customs and border protection, were advised in a memo on January 20 of the then DHS-aging Benjamine Huffman Department is revocated in all advisory committees as part of a “obligation to eliminate the abuse of resources and to ensure the priority of DHS activities our national security”. The Federal Railway Administration also has a consulting committee.

The ASAC was commissioned by the Congress in 1988 after Panam 103. The congress also founded Coac.

The decision on the TSA’s advisory committee “eliminates an important platform for the cooperation between state and industry -participating interest groups that undermine the efforts to secure the flying public and the protection of the trade of our country,” said the Airforwarders Association in a statement. “Dissolving this committee in such a critical period weakens our collective ability to react to developing threats. We ask the President and his administration to rethink this decision immediately and to use ASAC as an essential advisory committee. “

Marianne Rowden, CEO of the Trade Council e-Merchants, said by email that by canceling the current membership, the Trump administration may evaluate the mission of the advisory committees and whether they correspond to the priorities that the president has set for every agency resources for the employees of the advisory committees. “

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