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Pekoske Will Seek More Checkpoint Scanners If Initial Deployment Beats Schedule

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 12th, 2018

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Pekoske Will Seek More Checkpoint Scanners If Initial Deployment Beats Schedule

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske.

If the initial deployment of new scanners for screening carry-on bags at airport checkpoints occurs faster than expected, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will seek approval from the Department of Homeland Security to ask Congress to reprogram funds in fiscal year 2019 to buy more of the systems to add to the first wave of installations, agency Administrator David Pekoske said on Thursday.TSA has requested $73 million from Congress in FY ’19 to purchase and begin deploying 145 computed tomography…

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