Examining Tsas Management Of The Screening Partnership Program

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Transportation Security
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781511534215
Total Pages : 78 pages
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Download or read book Examining Tsa's Management of the Screening Partnership Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Transportation Security and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-term success of TSA's Screening Partnership Program is a priority for many Members of Congress and stakeholders around the country who understand the private sector is highly capable of providing efficient and effective screening services. Unfortunately, TSA's actions over the last few years seem to demonstrate that it does not share this goal. This hearing is an opportunity to examine the problems that currently exist with the program and encourage TSA to take steps to enable more airports to choose private-sector screening. This does not mean airports that participate in SPP are opting out of robust Federal oversight and regulations, which were severely lacking before 9/11. It means opting to use qualified private vendors to carry out day-to-day screening functions, which lets TSA concentrate on setting and enforcing security standards. Eighteen domestic airports currently participate in SPP. The law requires that contract screeners meet the same qualifications and receive commensurate pay and benefits to their Federal counterparts. SPP is a voluntary program, and airports must apply to participate. Under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, unless an airport's participation in SPP would hurt security or drive up costs, TSA must approve all new applications.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Operations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
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Download or read book TSA Oversight written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Transportation Security
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
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Download or read book Examining TSA's Management of the Screening Partnership Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Transportation Security and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974179466
Total Pages : 62 pages
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Download or read book Screening Partnership Program written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " TSA maintains a federal workforce to screen passengers and baggage at the majority of the nation's commercial airports, but also oversees a workforce of private screeners at airports who participate in the SPP. The SPP allows commercial airports to use private screeners, provided that the level of screening matches or exceeds that of federal screeners. In recent years, TSA's SPP has evolved to incorporate changes in policy and federal law, prompting enhanced interest in measuring screener performance. GAO was asked to examine the (1) status of SPP applications and airport operators', aviation stakeholders', and TSA's reported advantages and disadvantages of participating in the SPP; (2) extent to which TSA has provided airports guidance to govern the SPP application process; and (3) extent to which TSA assesses and monitors the performance of private and federal screeners. GAO surveyed 28 airport operators that had applied to the SPP as of April 2012, and interviewed 5 airport operators who have not applied and 1 airport operator who applied to the SPP after GAO's survey. Although not generalizable, these interviews provided insights. GAO also analyzed screener performance data from fiscal years 2009-2011. This is a public version of a sensitive report that GAO issued in November 2012. Information that TSA deemed sensitive has been redacted. "

Author : Jennifer Grover
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781457869181
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Screening Partnership Program written by Jennifer Grover and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) maintains a federal workforce of screeners at a majority of the nation's commercial airports and oversees a smaller workforce of private screeners employed by companies under contract to TSA at airports that participate in TSA's Screening Partnership Program (SPP). The SPP allows commercial airports an opportunity to opt out of federal screening by applying to TSA to have private screeners perform the screening function. TSA was required to fund an independent study of the performance of screening at federalized airports (non-SPP airports) in comparison with the performance of screening at privatized airports under the SPP program. This report presents findings on the independent study's comparison of the estimated cost of screening and performance of screeners at SPP and non-SPP airports. This is a print on demand report.

Author : Cathleen A. Berrick
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437913199
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aviation Security written by Cathleen A. Berrick and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the Transportation Security Admin's. (TSA) Screening Partnership Program (SPP). The SPP allows commercial airports to use private sector screeners through qualified private-screening contractors approved by TSA. In 2008, TSA issued a report comparing the cost and performance of screening services at SPP and non-SPP airports. This report addresses these questions: (1) To what extent did the design of study affect the usefulness of the study?; (2) Has TSA identified and eliminated any unnecessary overhead/supervisory redundancies at SPP airports between TSA and contractor personnel?; (3) What factors do airport operators cite as having contributed to airports' decisions about whether to participate in the SPP? Illustrations.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Transportation Security
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Screening Partnership Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Transportation Security and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
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Download or read book Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the House Committee on Homeland Security written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781977960313
Total Pages : 58 pages
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Download or read book Screening Partnership Program written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screens approximately 1.8 million passengers and their property at our nation's airports every day to ensure, among other things, that persons do not carry prohibited items into airport boarding areas or on flights. In 2004, TSA created the Screening Partnership Program (SPP), allowing TSA-regulated airports to apply to have screening of passengers and property performed by private contractors. TSA develops cost estimates to determine what its costs would be to perform screening services at SPP airports. These estimates provide a basis of comparison for program and procurement decisions. GAO was asked to review the SPP. This report addresses: (1) the extent to which TSA developed and reported reliable cost estimates for providing screening services at SPP airports; and (2) how TSA uses cost estimates in selecting SPP contractors and the extent to which TSA monitors contract values relative to its cost estimates. GAO compared TSA's cost estimates to best practices for developing federal cost estimates, analyzed selection and monitoring in the 13 contracts in which estimates were used, and interviewed TSA and contractor officials.

Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
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Total Pages : 51 pages
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Download or read book Aviation Security written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report formally responds to Congress' request that GAO review the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Screening Partnership Program (SPP). In accordance with the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, TSA created the SPP to allow commercial airports an opportunity to apply to TSA to use private sector screeners through qualified private-screening contractors approved by TSA. In February 2008, TSA issued a report on its study comparing the cost and performance of screening services at SPP and non-SPP airports. Our briefing addresses the following questions: (1) To what extent did the design of TSA's study of the cost and performance of passenger and checked baggage screening services at selected SPP and non-SPP airports affect the usefulness of the study? (2) To what extent has TSA taken actions to identify and eliminate any unnecessary overhead/supervisory redundancies at SPP airports between TSA and contractor personnel? (3) What factors do airport operators cite as having contributed to airports' decisions about whether to participate in the SPP? We are recommending that if TSA plans to rely on its comparison of costs and performance of SPP and non-SPP airports for future decision making, the agency update its study to address the limitations we identified, for example, by including various cost elements that were excluded and conducting statistical tests to determine the level of confidence in any observed differences in screening performance. TSA generally agreed with our findings and recommendation. --P. 1.