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BARKING NEWS: It’s National Dog Day, so you know what that means… DRUMROLL PLEASE. 🥁 Put your paws together for our 2024 Cutest Canine Contest Winner. Barni from San Francisco International Airport was crowned the cutest of them all this year! Boop the heart button to give him some extra love. Read More: https://lnkd.in/giKfdwzQ #NationalDogDay

This day goes to the dogs! We’re down to our final two Sluethin’ Floofies for our Cutest Canine Contest. This is your last chance to vote for the 2024 ulti-mutt working snooter! So zoomy on over to one of our other socials

NEWS: TSA readies for busiest Labor Day travel period on record, provides top travel tips to help airline passengers prepare. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/gN9Ry7aU

From the Desk of Ben: Henlo! Needy hooman promise Ben snacc if I gib workin frens halp. So Ben hear to halp. U vote 4 Snoopin Snoots and Sleuthin Floofs? Votin gib handlers gud vibez and gibb puppos teh treatos! K9 puppos hav all thingz hoomans lik! They has teefies & splooties & toesies! Y still hear?! Vote nao plz!! Translation: Hello! The intern had promised to give me a snack if I helped the social media team. So, I am here to help. Please cast your vote for our Cutest Canine Contest. The handlers and their canines will get special treatment and rewards if you do. The canines have everything needed to earn the title (like cute teeth, cute sitting positions, and cute paws). FINAL ROUND POLL STARTS NOW and ends Thursday, August 22nd (noon EDT). Only votes cast through Facebook/Instagram Stories or our poll on X will be counted. We will NOT count votes made in the comment section. FB Story: https://lnkd.in/gmQpc9ti IG Story: https://lnkd.in/gcSXw9fB X Poll: https://lnkd.in/gx8QTaB7

You nose what time it is!? It's TSA’s K9 Week and our Cutest Canine Contest is underway! Have you had an op-paw-tunity to vote in the first round? If you haven’t, tippy-tap on over to one of our polls (FB/IG stories or X) in the next couple of minutes, because round 2 is about to begin! The second-round poll will run from noon today until noon tomorrow (8/21). Make sure your voice is heard! Only votes cast through Facebook/Instagram Stories or our poll on X will be counted. We will NOT count votes made in the comment section.  Need more? Get to know today’s puppos below! Name: Badger Breed: Belgian Malinois Gender: Best Boy DOB: 12/24/2017 Location: Chicago O’Hare Airport, ORD IL Favorite reward: Salmon bites Favorite activity: work and running - Name: Carlo Breed: Vizsla Gender: Goodest Boy DOB: 03/07/21 Location: MCI Favorite Reward: rawhide chews Favorite Activity: Lounging near the pool and chasing critters.

It's TSA’s K9 Week and we're here (doin’ you a distract) with news on our Cutest Canine Contest! Our working floofettes, floofos and/or floofers will never not be an obsession. So join us in fixating (hyper or otherwise) and cast your vote on Facebook & Instagram Stories and through our poll on X! Votes will only count through our stories and polls. We WON'T be tabulating any votes in our comment sections. The first round poll is today, August 19th, from 12 p.m. to August 20th, at 11:59 a.m. (EDT). K9 Birdie (the Yellow Lab/Vizsla from MKE) will faceoff against K9 Barni (the German Shorthaired Pointer from SFO). The winner will be announced Monday, August 26th, at 3 p.m. So go vote, doggone it!

Let’s give a standing ap-paws to Rhea, the amazing K9 from O'Hare International Airport! After 7 years of top-notch service, she’s retiring to enjoy cozy naps and belly rubs. We’ll miss her fur-midable presence, but we couldn’t be happier for her.   As we celebrate Rhea, don’t forget to vote in the 2024 TSA Cutest K9 Competition starting 8/20. The winner will be announced on 8/26!   Join us in celebrating Rhea’s incredible career, and get ready to crown our next cutest K9. #TeamTSA

This summer, we’ve had some pretty incredible travel volumes at airports across the country, where it seems like every weekend, we're seeing more travelers than ever before. This week, Administrator Pekoske spent time with our teams at Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) and later at Portland International Airport (PDX) thanking them for their hard work, especially with a brand-new checkpoint opening at PDX. "Engaging with our workforce and turning their suggestions into actions is my favorite part of this job. Thank you, #TeamTSA for all you do," - Administrator Pekoske via his X account.

Team TSA attended #DEFCON32 last week. With over 30,000 people at #DEFCON for hacking and cybersecurity, we were able to connect with so many different people. We had a great time engaging with everybody who stopped by our booth. Attendees were able to try out TSA's Open Architecture X-ray Simulation. Each person got to practice using the X-ray simulator buttons before being given images to screen, similar to those that our officers see each and every day. Of the 250 people who were able to try out our simulators, only 4 people were able to achieve a perfect screening score. This opened up a lot of great conversation around the hard work TSA officers do daily to protect the traveling public. In addition to our booth, Harlan Geer, our Executive Director for Strategy, Policy Coordination, & Innovation participated in an interactive tabletop exercise, where the crowd was able to walk through a security incident and discuss possible outcomes based on a cyber threat scenario at the airport, and then hear how the security experts on the panel would handle the situation. In the end, it was aliens that took over the airport... which led to some fantastic follow-up "what if" questions. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our events!

This week, we're all about celebrating! 🎉 Yesterday, we celebrated the retirement of one of our beloved K9s, and today we're celebrating #TeamTSA from Denver International Airport - City & County of Denver Dept of Aviation. They were recently recognized by the City of Denver with the prestigious Denver Airport Safety Stakeholder Award. The award recognizes TSA’s unwavering commitment to ensuring the safety of our most valuable asset: our employees. Special recognition goes to Safety and Occupational Health Specialist (SOHS) Sulynn “Susie” Shepherd, who oversees the safety program for TSA Colorado. Her leadership, dedication, and hard work have been instrumental in achieving this award. Susie’s commitment to safety and her proactive approach to hazard prevention have set a standard of excellence that inspires us all. Full story: https://lnkd.in/e86pGFeu