By Morgan Dye Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) today submitted comments in response to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Request for Public Comments regarding “U.S.-Canada Action Plan for Perimeter Security and Economic Competiveness”. In the filed comments, ACI-NA applauded the plan announced on December 7, 2011 by President Obama and Prime Minister [...]
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Airports Applaud U.S.-Canada Efforts to Improve Facilitation and Security at Border
Posted by mdye on January 9, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/01/09/2476/
A Worldview on the Future of Aviation Security
By Christopher Bidwell In the years since 9/11, governments have added more aviation security layers with each new threat. Simply continuing to do things the same way and add even more layers is not sustainable over the long term. Further, there is a general reluctance to rescind measures, even when the threat or countermeasures has [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on October 18, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/10/18/a-worldview-on-the-future-of-aviation-security/
Attendees Told Aging EDS Devices Will Need to be Replaced in 2013
By Christopher Bidwell This afternoon at the ACI-NA Annual Conference airport representatives and attendees heard a presentation and had an opportunity to engage in a dialogue on the latest TSA security technology initiatives from Robin Kane, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Security Capabilities. As part of a recently announced re-alignment at TSA, the Office [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on October 17, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/10/17/attendees-told-aging-eds-devices-will-need-to-be-replaced-in-2013/
SMS is it Risky Business?
Posted on Centerlines Blog on Oct. 17 by Chris Oswald Speaking today on ACI-NA’s Are You Exposed session, David Bannard with Foley & Lardner discussed a number of the challenges facing U.S. airports as they begin implementing airport safety management systems and concrete steps that airports can take to address them. These steps include identifying [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on October 17, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/10/17/sms-is-it-risky-business/
Government Affairs Steering Committee Report
By Jane Calderwood This morning the 2011 Government Affairs Steering Committee held its final meeting of the year. Committee Chair, Maureen Riley, who runs Salt Lake City’s airport, provided an overview of the committee’s activities over the past year. She highlighted ACI-NA’s ongoing activities related to obtaining relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax for private [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on October 17, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/10/17/government-affairs-steering-committee-report/