Government agencies established in 2001

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Chapters: Afghan Interim Administration, British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission, California Space Authority, Children's Commissioner for Wales, City of Ottawa, Committee on National Security Systems, Communities Scotland, Electricity Authority of Cambodia, European Air Transport Command, European Police College, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Federal Reserve Police, Gender Equality Bureau, General Social Care Council, Government Procurement Service, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, National Directorate of Security, National Police Directorate (Norway), National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland), Poorest Areas Civil Society Program, Project Strike Back, Puntland Intelligence Agency, Rural Development Service, Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, Scottish Development International, Scottish Social Services Council, Transportation Security Administration, Warship Support Agency. Excerpt: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that exercises authority over the security of the traveling public in the United States. The TSA was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, sponsored by Don Young in the United States House of Representatives and Ernest Hollings in the Senate, passed by the 107th U.S. Congress, and signed into law by President George W. Bush on . Originally part of the United States Department of Transportation, the TSA was moved to the Department of Homeland Security on . John S. Pistole is the fifth TSA Administrator, having replaced former head Kip Hawley. Seal when under the Department of TransportationThe TSA was created as a response to the September 11, 2001, attacks. Its first administrator, John Magaw, was nominated by President Bush on December 10, 2001, and confirmed by the Senate the following January. The agency's proponents, including Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, argued that only a single federal agency would better protect air travel than the private companies who operated under contract to single airlines or groups of airlines that used a given terminal facility. The organization was charged with developing policies to protect U.S. transportation, especially in airport security and the prevention of aircraft hijacking. With state, local, and regional partners, the TSA oversees security for highways, railroads, buses, mass transit systems, pipelines, ports. However, the bulk of the TSA's efforts are in aviation security. The TSA is solely responsible for screening passengers and checked and carry-on baggage at 450 U.S. airports. Private screening did not disappear under the TSA, which allows airports to opt out of federal screening and hire firms to do the job instead. Such firms must still get TSA approval under its Screening Partnership Program (SPP) and follow TSA procedures. Among the U.S. airports with privately operated c