TSA Ignores More Cost-Effective Screening Model
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 established the Screening Partnership Program (SPP) in order to permit contractors that have been certified by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to screen baggage and passengers - under federal regulation and supervision - at airports. In January 2011 the TSA administrator reported that he would not expand the SPP program. In addition, he stated that SPP applications from five airports were denied. This U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure report examines the cost-effectiveness of those decisions, the costs of running the SPP program in the San Francisco International Airport, the savings incurred if the five SPP applications had been approved, and the efficiency of the SPP model. In addition, the report notes that no justification for stopping the SPP was provided by the TSA; and the SPP model is currently used worldwide.
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Corporate Authors:
United States House of Representatives
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Washington, DC United States 20515 - Publication Date: 2011-6-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices;
- Pagination: 137p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Baggage screening; Cost effectiveness; Costs; Federal government; Passenger screening; Savings; Security
- Identifier Terms: Screening Partnership Program; U.S. Transportation Security Administration
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Security and Emergencies; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01351893
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 14 2011 11:13AM