United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-09-24 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-1173 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1173 P0b002ee1803a4c75 f:d031173 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1173 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1173 GAO-03-1173 Emergency preparedness Inspection Performance measures National preparedness Program evaluation Strategic planning Transportation industry Transportation safety Homeland security Other Written Product A08585 Passenger screening is critical to the security of our nation's aviation system, particularly in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is tasked with securing all modes of transportation, including the screening of airline passengers. TSA has met numerous requirements in this regard, such as deploying more than 50,000 federal screeners at over 440 commercial airports nationwide. To determine whether TSA's passenger screening program is achieving its intended results, GAO is conducting an ongoing evaluation of TSA's efforts to (1) ensure that passenger screeners are effectively trained and supervised, (2) measure screener performance in detecting threat objects, and (3) implement and evaluate the contract screening pilot program. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1173/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1173.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1173/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1173.pdf GAO-03-1173 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1173 Other Written Product GAO-03-1173; Airport Passenger Screening: Preliminary Observations on Progress Made and Challenges Remaining; Emergency preparedness Inspection Performance measures National preparedness Program evaluation Strategic planning Transportation industry Transportation safety Homeland security