Editing Transportation Security Administration (section)

==Administration and organization==
[[File:Office buildings in Pentagon City.JPG|thumb|TSA former headquarters in [[Pentagon City|Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia]]]]

=== Leadership ===
When TSA was part of the [[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]], the head of the agency was referred to as the Undersecretary of Transportation for Security. Following the move to the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] in March 2003, the position was reclassified as the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.

There have been seven administrators and six acting administrators in the TSA's 23-year history. Several have come to the job after previously serving as Coast Guard [[flag officer]]s, including Loy, Neffenger, and Pekoske.

Following the passage of the [[FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018]], which included a provision known as the TSA Modernization Act, the administrator's term was set as a five-year term retroactive to the start of current Administrator David Pekoske's term. It also made the deputy administrator a [[Political appointments in the United States|politically appointed]] position.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Ben |date=October 4, 2018 |title=US Transportation Security Administration reauthorized through 2021 |url=http://atwonline.com/security/us-transportation-security-administration-reauthorized-through-2021 |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 23, 2018 |website=[[Aviation Week]] |quote=The bill modifies the agency's leadership structure by setting a five-year term for the administrator of TSA and makes the deputy administrator a position appointed by the president}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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!Picture
!Name
!Period
!Notes
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| 1 ||[[File:John Magaw Official TSA Portrait.jpg|70px]]||[[John Magaw]]|| January 28, 2002 – July 18, 2002 || Under Secretary of Transportation for Security
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| 2 ||[[File:James M. Loy.jpg|70px]]||[[James Loy]]|| July 19, 2002 – December 7, 2003 || Under Secretary of Transportation for Security until Department of Homeland Security transition.
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| 3 ||[[File:David M. Stone.jpg|70px]]||[[David M. Stone]]|| December 8, 2003 – June 3, 2005 || Acting until July 2004 when confirmed by [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Senate confirms Admiral Stone as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for TSA |date=July 23, 2004 |publisher=Transportation Security Administration |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2004/07/23/senate-confirms-admiral-stone-assistant-secretary-homeland-security-tsa |access-date=February 9, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306024237/https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2004/07/23/senate-confirms-admiral-stone-assistant-secretary-homeland-security-tsa |archive-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref>
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| — ||  ||Kenneth Kasprisin|| June 4, 2005 – July 26, 2005 || Acting<ref>{{cite web|title=TSA Suspends 30-Minute Rule for Reagan National Airport|publisher=Transportation Security Administration|date=July 14, 2005|url=https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2005/07/14/tsa-suspends-30-minute-rule-reagan-national-airport|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085511/https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2005/07/14/tsa-suspends-30-minute-rule-reagan-national-airport|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.revealnews.org/article/tsa-official-responsible-for-security-lapses-earned-big-bonuses/ |title=TSA official responsible for security lapses earned big bonuses |last=Becker |first=Andrew |date=February 9, 2016 |website=Reveal |publisher=Center for Investigative Reporting |access-date=February 20, 2017}}</ref>
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| 4 ||[[File:Kip Hawley small.jpg|70px]]||[[Kip Hawley]]|| July 27, 2005 – January 20, 2009 ||
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| — ||[[File:Gale Rossides.jpg|70px]]||[[Gale Rossides]]|| January 20, 2009 – June 24, 2010 || Acting
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| 5 ||[[File:John S. Pistole, Administrator Transportation Security Administration 2010 (official).jpg|70px]]||[[John S. Pistole]]|| June 25, 2010 – December 31, 2014 ||
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| — ||[[File:Mel Carraway.png|70px]]||Melvin J. Carraway|| January 1, 2015 – June 1, 2015 || Acting, reassigned to DHS Office of State and Local Law Enforcement following leak of DHS Inspector General [[red team]] test results showing screening failures at TSA checkpoints.<ref name="auto">{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Statement By Secretary Jeh C. Johnson On The Transportation Security Administration |url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2015/06/01/statement-secretary-jeh-c-johnson-inspector-general-findings-transportation-security |publisher=[[Department of Homeland Security]] |date=June 1, 2015 |access-date=February 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Statement By Secretary Jeh C. Johnson On Inspector General Findings On TSA Security Screening |url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2015/06/01/statement-secretary-jeh-c-johnson-inspector-general-findings-tsa-security-screening |publisher=[[Department of Homeland Security]] |date=June 1, 2015 |access-date=February 9, 2017}}</ref>
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| — ||[[File:Mark Hatfield Jr.jpg|70px]]||Mark Hatfield Jr.|| June 1, 2015 – June 4, 2015 || Acting<ref name="auto"/>
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| — ||[[File:Francis X. Taylor DHS.png|70px]]||[[Francis X. Taylor]]|| June 4, 2015 – July 3, 2015 || Acting, served concurrently as [[Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis]].
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| 6 ||[[File:Peter V. Neffenger.jpg|70px]]||[[Peter V. Neffenger]]|| July 4, 2015 – January 20, 2017 ||
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| — ||[[File:Huban A Gowadia.jpg|70px]]||[[Huban A. Gowadia]]|| January 20, 2017 – August 10, 2017 || Acting
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| 7 ||[[File:David Pekoske 2nd official TSA portrait.jpg|70px]]||[[David Pekoske]]|| August 10, 2017 – January 20, 2025<ref>{{cite book |last=Gayden |first=Greg |date=2017 |title=Commercial Aviation 101|url=http://www.dfwtower.com/101/CommercialAviation101.pdf |location=Dallas |publisher=443 Critical |page=14}}</ref> || Served concurrently as acting [[Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security]] from April 11 to November 13, 2019, with day-to-day operations delegated to Acting Deputy Administrator Patricia Cogswell.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2019/04/11/acting-secretary-mcaleenan-statement-designation-administrator-pekoske-serve-senior |title=Acting Secretary McAleenan Statement on the Designation of Administrator Pekoske to Serve as Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=April 11, 2019 |newspaper=Department of Homeland Security |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |access-date=April 12, 2019 |quote=Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan designated David P. Pekoske, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator, senior official performing the duties of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary. Patricia Cogswell, TSA's Acting Deputy Administrator, will oversee day-to-day operations at TSA[.]}}</ref> Served concurrently as acting [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]] from January 20, 2021, until [[Alejandro Mayorkas]] was confirmed by the Senate.<ref name=ActingSecretary>{{cite news|author=Megan Cassella|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/biden-names-acting-cabinet-460920|title=Biden names his acting Cabinet|work=[[Politico]]|date=2021-01-20|access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref> While serving as acting secretary, TSA was overseen by Executive Assistant Administrator for Security Operations Darby LaJoye.<ref name="LaJoyeActingAdmin">{{cite web |title=TSA supports security operations for the 59th Presidential Inauguration |url=https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2021/01/22/tsa-supports-security-operations-59th-presidential-inauguration |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=TSA.gov |publisher=Transportation Security Administration}}</ref><ref name="EAASO">{{cite web |title=Security Operations |url=https://www.tsa.gov/leader-bios/office-security-operations |website=TSA.gov |publisher=Transportation Security Administration |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117132809/https://www.tsa.gov/leader-bios/office-security-operations |url-status=dead}}</ref> Fired by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025.
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| —||[[File:Melanie Harvey.jpg|70px]] || Melanie Harvey || January 20, 2025 - February 18, 2025 || Acting<ref>{{cite web |title=Hearing Report: Nomination Hearing Held for Secretary of Homeland Security Nominee Kristi Noem |url=https://alerts.aaae.org/airport-alerts/airport_011725 |website=alerts.aaae.org |publisher=American Association of Airport Executives |access-date=23 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airport Alert: TSA Administrator Pekoske Ousted |url=https://alerts.aaae.org/airport-alerts/airport_012025 |website=alerts.aaae.org |publisher=American Association of Airport Executives |access-date=23 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
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| — ||[[File:Adam Stahl TSA Chief of Staff.jpg|70px]] || Adam Stahl || February 18, 2025 - April 21, 2025 || Acting<ref name="StahlActing">{{cite web |title=Airport Alert: New Official Acting as TSA Administrator |url=https://alerts.aaae.org/airport-alerts/airport_021825 |website=alerts.aaae.org |publisher=American Association of Airport Executives |language=en}}</ref>
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| — ||[[File:Ha Nguyen McNeill TSA portrait.jpg|70px]] || Ha Nguyen McNeill || April 21, 2025 - present || Acting<ref name="McNeillActing"></ref>
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===Organizational structure===
At the helm of the TSA is the '''administrator''', who leads the organization's efforts in safeguarding the nation's airports, railways, seaports, and other critical transportation infrastructure. Assisting the administrator is a deputy administrator, whose role is to provide support and guidance in executing the agency's mission. In addition, the TSA benefits from the expertise and leadership of several deputy assistant administrators and other executive officers, who contribute their knowledge and skills to various aspects of the agency's operations. Together, this structured leadership team forms the backbone of the TSA, working collectively to uphold and enhance the security of the nation's transportation networks. The executive assistant administrator for law enforcement is also the executive director of the [[Federal Air Marshal Service]].

===Rank structure===
'''Headquarters'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership and Organization {{!}} Transportation Security Administration |url=https://www.tsa.gov/about/tsa-leadership |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.tsa.gov}}</ref>
* Administrator of the TSA
* Deputy Administrator
** Chief of Staff
*** Assistant Administrator, Legislative Affairs
*** Assistant Administrator, Strategic Communications and Public Affairs
*** Executive Director, Strategy, Policy Coordination, and Innovation
**** Chief Innovation Officer
** Executive Assistant Administrator, Enterprise Support
*** Assistant Administrator/Component Acquisition Executive, Acquisition Program Management
*** Assistant Administrator/Head Contracting Authority, Contracting and Procurement
*** Assistant Administrator, Human Capital
*** Assistant Administrator/Chief Information Officer, Information Technology
*** Assistant Administrator, Operations Management
*** Assistant Administrator, Security and Administrative Services
*** Assistant Administrator, Training and Development
** Executive Assistant Administrator, Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service
*** Assistant Administrator, Field Operations
*** Assistant Administrator, Flight Operations
*** Assistant Administrator, Operations Management
** Executive Assistant Administrator, Operations Support
*** Assistant Administrator, Enrollment Services and Vetting Programs
*** Assistant Administrator, Intelligence and Analysis
*** Assistant Administrator, Policy, Plans, and Engagement
*** Assistant Administrator/Component Requirements Executive, Requirements and Capabilities Analysis
** Executive Assistant Administrator, Security Operations
*** Assistant Administrator, Compliance
*** Assistant Administrator, Domestic Aviation Operations
*** Assistant Administrator, International Operations
*** Assistant Administrator, Operations Management
*** Assistant Administrator, Surface Operations
** Chief Counsel
** Chief Culture Officer
** Assistant Administrator/Chief Financial Officer, Chief Finance Office
** Assistant Administrator, Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman and Traveler Engagement
** Assistant Administrator, Inspection
** Assistant Administrator, Investigations

'''Regional administration'''
* Regional Surface Director (RSD)
'''[[Spoke–hub distribution paradigm|Spoke–hub]] or [[Airport security#Category X Airports in the United States|Category X airport]]-level administration'''
* Federal Security Director (FSD)
* Deputy Federal Security Director (DFSD)
** Assistant Federal Security Director for Mission Support (AFSD-MS)
** Assistant Federal Security Director for Screening (AFSD-S)
** Assistant Federal Security Director for Inspection (AFSD-I)
** Assistant Federal Security Director for Law Enforcement (AFSD-LE)
** Assistant Federal Security Director Generalist (AFSD-G)

'''Airport-level'''
* Transportation Security Manager (TSM)
** Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STSO)
*** Lead Transportation Security Officer (LTSO)
**** Transportation Security Officer (TSO)

=== Airport-level rank insignias ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="4" |Frontline Officers
|-
!Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STSO)
!Lead Transportation Security Officer (LTSO)
!Transportation Security Officer (TSO) - F Band
!Transportation Security Officer (TSO)
|-
|[[File:STSO slip-on.png|center|frameless|143x143px]]
|[[File:LTSO slip-on.png|center|frameless|143x143px]]
|[[File:TSO FB slip-on.png|center|frameless|143x143px]]
|[[File:TSO slip-on.png|center|frameless|143x143px]]
|-
! colspan="4" |Passenger Support Specialists (PSS)
|-
!'''Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STSO)'''
!Lead Transportation Security Officer (LTSO)
!Transportation Security Officer (TSO) - F Band
!Transportation Security Officer (TSO)
|-
|[[File:STSO PSS slip-on.png|center|frameless|143x143px]]
|[[File:LTSO PSS slip-on.png|center|frameless|143x143px]]
|[[File:TSO FB PSS slip-on.png|center|frameless|143x143px]]
|[[File:TSO PSS slip-on.png|center|frameless|143x143px]]
|}

===New headquarters===
In August 2017, the [[General Services Administration]] announced a new headquarters for the TSA would be built in [[Springfield, Virginia]]. The new, 625,000-square-foot headquarters was built near the outskirts of [[Fort Belvoir]] and the [[Franconia-Springfield Station|Franconia-Springfield Metro station]], and cost $316 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/08/24/gsa-picks-a-new-headquarters-site-for-the-tsa.html|title=At long last, GSA picks a new headquarters site for the TSA|last=Sernovitz|first=Daniel J.|date=August 24, 2017|work=[[Washington Business Journal]]|access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref>

=== Insignia ===
[[File:TSA Explosives Detection K-9 Ford F-250.jpg|thumb|TSA explosives specialist vehicle]]
On September 11, 2018, TSA adopted a new flag representing its core values and founding principles. The design features a white, graphically stylized American eagle sitting centrally located inside rings of red and white against a field of blue, with its dynamically feathered wings outstretched in a pose signifying protection, vigilance, and commitment. The eagle's wings, which break through the red and white containment rings, indicate freedom of movement. There are nine stars and 11 rays emanating out from the top of the eagle to reference September 11. There is also a representation of land (roads) and sea which is representative of the modes of transportation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pekoske |first1=David |title=Remarks at 2018 Sept. 11 Commemoration |url=https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/speech/2018/09/11/remarks-2018-sept-11-commemoration |website=TSA.gov |publisher=Transportation Security Administration |access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>