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GAO-15-612R 1 (2015-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaizf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 June 10, 2015 The Honorable John Hoeven Chairman The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen Ranking Member Subcommittee on Homeland Security Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable John Carter Chairman The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard Ranking Member Subcommittee on Homeland Security Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Screening Partnership Program: TSA's Cost and Performance Independent Study Every day, approximately 1.8 million passengers travel through U.S. commercial airports.1 As the U.S. agency with primary responsibility for civil aviation security, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) takes action to ensure the security of such passengers through, among other things, the screening of passengers and baggage traveling by aircraft.2 To fulfill this responsibility, 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, established in 2004 in accordance with provisions of the Aviation Transportation Security Act (ATSA), allows commercial airports an opportunity to opt out of federal screening by applying to TSA to have private screeners perform the screening function.3 The Explanatory Statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, directed TSA to allocate resources for an independent study (the Study) of the performance of screening at federalized airports (non-SPP airports) in comparison with the performance of screening at 'For purposes of this report, the term commercial airport includes all airports in the United States at which TSA performs or oversees the performance of security screening activities. 2See generally Pub. L. No. 107-71, 115 Stat. 597 (2001); see also 49 U.S.C. §§ 114, 44901. 3See 49 U.S.C. § 44920. In November 2002, in accordance with the ATSA, TSA began a 2-year pilot program at five airports using private screening companies to screen passengers and checked baggage. See 49 U.S.C. § 44919. TSA subsequently established the SPP in November 2004. GAO-1 5-612R Screening Partnership Study Page 1

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