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Airport Alert: President Signs FY22 Omnibus Spending Measure With Notable Wins for Airports
President Biden signed into law the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through the current fiscal year, which ends September 30.
03/16/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: Key Senators Introduce Bill to Increase CBP Officers
Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Chair Gary Peters (D-MI) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) re-introduced Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act of 2022 on March 16.
03/16/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: TSA Officially Extends Transportation Mask Mandate to April 18
TSA has informed AAAE that the updated Security Directive extending the federal mask mandate for airport operators to April 18 will be posted March 16 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
03/15/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: DOT Issues Order Prohibiting SkyWest from Terminating Service to 29 EAS Communities
DOT issued an order prohibiting SkyWest from terminating Essential Air Service to 29 communities in 15 states.
03/11/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: House Passes FY22 Spending Package After Removing COVID Funding Provisions
TSA has just announced that at the recommendation of the CDC the mask mandate in the aviation environment and across transportation hubs and public transportation has been extended by one month through April 18.
03/10/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: Senate Passes FY22 Spending Package, Sending Measure to President
The Senate has just joined the House in approving a final fiscal year 2022 omnibus spending package that funds the federal government through September.
03/10/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: SkyWest Provides Notice of Intent to Eliminate Essential Air Service to 29 Communities
SkyWest today provided the DOT with a 90-day notice of intent to terminate EAS to 29 communities in 15 states.
03/10/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: House Passes FY22 Spending Package After Removing COVID Funding Provisions
Efforts to approve the $1.5 trillion FY22 omnibus appropriations package were delayed throughout the day today over objections related to Covid funding in the measure and proposed spending reductions to accommodate that funding.
03/09/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: Final FY22 Spending Package Filed for House and Senate Consideration; Good News on Airport Priorities in Final Agreement
House and Senate appropriations leaders filed a 2741-page, $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package that provides funding across the government for the remainder of the fiscal year that runs through September.
03/09/2022
Regulatory Alert
Regulatory Alert: FAA to Host Webinar Update on BIL Implementation
FAA announced that they will be hosting a live webinar event detailing the latest information on the agency’s effort to implement BIL.
03/04/2022
Federal Alert
Security Policy Alert: Summary of TSA's Monthly Conference Call for Airport Stakeholders
TSA held its monthly conference call for airport stakeholders on March 3, 2022. The conference call was led by Alan Paterno, TSA's Airport Industry Engagement Manager in the office of Policy, Plans and Engagement (PPE).
03/03/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: House Committee Advances TSA Legislation on Firearms and Computed Tomography
The House Homeland Security Committee advanced twelve bills related to transportation security, cybersecurity, and grant programs to the full House of Representatives for consideration.
03/02/2022
Regulatory Alert
Regulatory Alert: FAA Releases BIL Implementation FAQs for Airports
FAA has released a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document that provides information for airport sponsors on the $20 billion that FAA is administering for airport infrastructure improvements under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
03/02/2022
Regulatory Alert
Regulatory Alert: FAA Releases Draft Guidance on AAM Vertiport Design
FAA released draft Engineering Brief (EB) No. 105, “Vertiport Design,” that provides interim guidance to airport operators for the design of vertiports to support electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) operations.
02/28/2022
Federal Alert
Security Policy Alert: TSA Issues New Advisory Cybersecurity Information Circulars due to Escalating Risks
TSA posted to HSIN two new advisory cybersecurity Information Circulars (ICs) and a joint cybersecurity advisory on mitigating Russian state-sponsored cyber threats due to the escalating risks.
02/25/2022
Federal Alert
Security Policy Alert: Cybersecurity Advisory on Malicious Iranian Government-Sponsored Cyber Operations
The CISA, the FBI, the U.S. CNMF, and the United Kingdom’s NCSC-UK published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory on an observed group of Iranian government-sponsored APT actors, known as MuddyWater.
02/24/2022
Federal Alert
Security Policy Alert: TSA Issued FAQs on Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements
TSA issued frequently asked questions FAQs about cybersecurity incident reporting on HSIN for airport and aircraft operators.
02/24/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: AAAE Joins New Initiative to Accelerate Transition to Unleaded Aviation Gasoline
AAAE joined the FAA and groups from the aviation and petroleum industries to announce the creation of the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative...
02/23/2022
Federal Alert
Security Policy Alert: Unclassified Call on Russian-Ukranian Tensions and Implications on U.S. Critical Infrastructure
TSA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have asked AAAE to share the following invitation to participate in an unclassified teleconference hosted by CISA on Thursday, February 24, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM EST.
02/23/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce the Preventing PFAS Runoff at Airports Act
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) and a bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation that would incentivize airports to purchase equipment to safely test firefighting equipment without discharging PFAS-containing aqueous film forming foam (AFFF).
02/22/2022
Regulatory Alert
Regulatory Alert: FAA Releases Notice of Funding Opportunity for Airport Terminal Grant Program
FAA released the much-anticipated “notice of funding opportunity” (NOFO) that outlines how airports can apply for a share of the approximately $1 billion in FY22 discretionary funds under the newly established Airport Terminal Program (ATP)...
02/22/2022
Federal Alert
Security Policy Alert: TSA to Begin Sending Record Delete Notifications
TSA has developed a new “delete notification” that will be used to notify Designated Aviation Channelers (DACs)—and subsequently, the Airport or Aircraft Operators—that a specified aviation worker case is being marked for deletion.
02/22/2022
Federal Alert
Security Policy Alert: CISA List of Free Cybersecurity Services and Tools
TSA has asked AAAE to help to distribute the following message from DHS' CISA to airport security and cybersecurity coordinators...
02/18/2022
Airport Alert
Airport Alert: Senate Passes Continuing Resolution Extending Federal Funding Through March 11
The Senate voted to approve the House-passed CR that extends funding for the federal government, which was set to expire tomorrow night, through March 11.
02/17/2022
Regulatory Alert
Regulatory Alert: FAA Administrator Steve Dickson Plans to Depart Agency
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson plans to resign from the agency on March 31, according to Bloomberg and other news reports.
02/16/2022
