TSA Launches "Evolution of Security" Blog

The Transportation Security Administration announced the launch of an interactive blog, Evolution of Security. According to TSA the “blog will serve as a tool for travelers to share their ideas, thoughts and concerns about aviation security. In turn, TSA will post videos, innovative concepts and other helpful tools while charting feedback.” The use of the noun “Evolution” in their name “speaks to the progression of airport security since it was first introduced in the 1970s, then federalized in the wake of 9/11 with the creation of TSA, and now the need to introduce innovations to enhance security and improve process.”
As blog readers we’ll have a chance to post questions, but direct answers may not come from TSA, but from, as TSA puts it, “ a challenge to all to share new ideas and involve all in upcoming changes.”  Though it means we may still have to take off our shoes at security checkpoints, its nice to know that the TSA is seeking answers and solutions, and is doing what it can to make the flying experience better. 
Additionally, the blog, which launched on January 31st, features a numbers of bloggers whose names range from “Bob” all the way to the very rare “Jim,” (in a possible nod to Nuts About Southwest blog, one of my favorites), and though their names sound ordinary, many of these people are anything but average.  As you read their brief bios, you’ll note that, for example, “Ethel,” “graduated from MIT with Biology, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering degrees, and previously worked with NASA on an artificial gravity system.”  A reminder, at least to me, that I want people like that involved in air travel and safety.  This is a great idea, IMO, for a government agency, to learn from its stakeholders, blog readers, etc., and make changes to its policies accordingly.