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Aviation Security: Tsa Has Enhanced Its Explosives Detection Requirements for Checked Baggage, But Additional Screening Actions Are Needed: Gao-11-740

Aviation Security: Tsa Has Enhanced Its Explosives Detection Requirements for Checked Baggage, But Additional Screening Actions Are Needed: Gao-11-740

U. S. Government Accountability Office (G

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1287204392
ISBN13: 9781287204398
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: May 16 2013
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.14 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Explosives represent a continuing threat to aviation security. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), seeks to ensure through the Electronic Baggage Screening Program (EBSP) that checked-baggage-screening technology is capable of detecting explosives. Generally, the explosives detection system (EDS) is used in conjunction with explosives trace detection (ETD) machines to identify and resolve threats in checked baggage. As requested, GAO assessed the extent to which: (1) TSA revised explosives detection requirements and deployed technology to meet those requirements, and (2) TSA's approach to the current EDS acquisition meets best practices for schedules and cost estimates and includes plans for potential upgrades of deployed EDSs. GAO analyzed EDS requirements, compared the EDS acquisition schedule against GAO best practices, and interviewed DHS officials. This is a public version of a sensitive report that GAO issued in May 2011.

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