TSA Security Implementation - Fully Executed by End of 2010

TSA is nearing the end of setting in place the requirement to have government-issued identification for EVERY traveler.  If a traveler is not in compliance, they will be denied boarding.  See the following for requirements.

As Secure Flight is implemented throughout 2009 and 2010, travelers/travel arrangers booking a reservation are being asked to provide the following data, as it appears on the government-issued identification the traveler plans to use at the airport:


• Full name
• Date of birth
• Gender

For NSF staff, the easiest way to ensure that the required data elements are included in the travel reservation is to make sure the data is included in their FedTraveler User Profile, and that all the information is accurate and complete.

A reminder for those who have names with special characters or punctuation marks (for example hyphenated names or initials followed by a period) - The interface between FedTraveler and the on-line booking engine cannot pass the special characters or punctuation through and on-line reservations cannot be made for names that contain them. Be sure to replace any special characters with spaces and do not include punctuation in the name in your User Profile. The Secure Flight requirement for exact name matching is flexible enough to allow for these minor differences.

Travelers can elect to not provide the name, birth date and gender information at the time of booking a reservation. However, once the program is in place, these travelers may be denied on-line check-in, requested to provide the data at the airport, and/or subject to additional screening and potential delays, which could result in denied access to the secured area of the airport by the TSA.

TSA Secure Flight Implementation Current Timeline:

Early 2010—The TSA plans to conduct watch list matching for 100 percent of passengers on all domestic commercial flights

End of 2010—The TSA plans to conduct watch list matching for 100 percent of passengers on all international commercial flights