United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-07-22 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.41:GAO-05-864 R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-864R P0b002ee1803904eb 000580444 f:d05864r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-864R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-864R GAO-05-864R Aviation security Counterterrorism Data integrity Homeland security Information management Operational testing Privacy law Program evaluation Program management Strategic planning Systems testing Transportation security TSA Secure Flight Program Correspondence A30897 We have been reviewing the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) efforts to develop and implement the Secure Flight program. The purpose of Secure Flight is to compare information on domestic airline passengers against information on known or suspected terrorists to identify passengers who should undergo additional security scrutiny. As we reported in February and March 2005, to develop Secure Flight, TSA has been conducting tests to compare data from airline reservation systems, such as name and flight number, with data from the government's consolidated terrorist watch lists, which include names of known and suspected terrorists. We also reported that TSA has been testing the use of selected data available from commercial data sources--private companies that maintain records on individual names, addresses, phone numbers, and other information--as a means of verifying the accuracy of passenger-provided data. In this letter, we report on key aspects of TSA's disclosure of its use of personal information during commercial data testing for Secure Flight as required by the Privacy Act, and TSA's actions to more fully disclose its use of personal information. We will continue our assessment of Secure Flight privacy protections as part of our ongoing review of the Secure Flight program. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-864R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-864R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-864R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-864R.pdf GAO-05-864R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-864R Correspondence GAO-05-864R; Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Did Not Fully Disclose Uses of Personal Information During Secure Flight Program Testing in Initial Privacy Notes, but Has Recently Taken Steps to More Fully Inform the Public; Aviation security Counterterrorism Data integrity Homeland security Information management Operational testing Privacy law Program evaluation Program management Strategic planning Systems testing Transportation security TSA Secure Flight Program Volume 88 Page 1896 88 Stat. 1896 Volume 109 Page 163 109 Stat. 163 Volume 115 Page 597 115 Stat. 597 Volume 116 Page 2899 116 Stat. 2899 Volume 118 Page 3638 118 Stat. 3638 Public Law 93-579 Public Law No 93-579 Public Law 104-13 Public Law No 104-13 Public Law 107-71 Public Law No 107-71 Public Law 107-347 Public Law No 107-347 Public Law 108-458 Public Law No 108-458