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DHS urged to approve standards for private airport screeners

By Jonathan Marino
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The Transportation Security Administration has not completed performance standards for its private screeners, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued Monday.

Only after the agency establishes criteria by which the Homeland Security Department can judge screeners will it be possible to hold individual airports responsible for negligence by a contractor, GAO said. The Homeland Security Department shares some of the burden for not having completed the criteria, the report (GAO-06-166) stated.

As part of its Screening Partnership Program, which allows airports to apply to use private screeners in place of federal ones, TSA developed performance goals for private screeners in the areas of security, customer service, management and cost. But DHS still must approve the draft, GAO said.

GAO called on DHS and TSA to work together to finalize the goals. DHS generally agreed with that recommendation.

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