Article: Logan will screen all employees ; Seven airports picked to test tighter security measures for workers

Logan International Airport in Boston was one of seven airports nationwide selected to participate in the Transportation Security Administration's pilot program that steps up screening of airport employees, the TSA said yesterday.

Details of the 90-day program, which will begin in May, are still being worked out, but will require 100 percent of the thousands of airline crew members, concession workers, and other badged airport employees to be screened before they enter secured areas at Logan.

Currently, some airport employees encounter random screenings by the TSA, airport authorities, and state troopers in various areas of the airport away from passenger screening checkpoints.

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