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Congressional Angst Over Single Checkpoint CT Award

Congressional Angst Over Single Checkpoint CT Award
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Top Democrats and Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are concerned that the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) decision last week to award a production contract to a single vendor for the first tranche of new checkpoint baggage scanners instead of continuing to proceed with multiple competitors could stifle competition and innovation. TSA on March 28 awarded Smiths Detection a $96.8 million contract to acquire 300 computed tomography (CT) scanners that will begin replacing existing Advanced Technology (AT) X-Ray systems…

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