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Article: TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHES EMPLOYEE SCREENING PILOT PROGRAMS AT SEVEN AIRPORTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 6, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following press release:
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today launched 90-day employee screening pilots at seven airports as a requirement of the Omnibus Appropriations Act passed by Congress in January 2008. The legislation mandates examination of several types of employee screening in order to determine ways to enhance aviation security.
The pilots will include the following elements at each airport:
Boston's Logan International Airport
* 100 percent physical employee and vehicle screening at key airport perimeter entrances and select employee entrances from the public area to ...