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If CR Persists, TSA Will Seek Flexibility To Continue Checkpoint CT Acquisitions

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 14th, 2021

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If CR Persists, TSA Will Seek Flexibility To Continue Checkpoint CT Acquisitions

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske. Photo: TSA

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) currently doesn’t have the flexibility it needs under the continuing budget resolution to award the next round of airport checkpoint advanced baggage screening contracts in fiscal year 2022, but if the budget limitations persist the agency will ask Congress for leeway in being able to make contract awards on existing programs, the head of the agency said on Tuesday. “There’s always an opportunity for the administration to signal to the Congress, ‘Hey, when you do…

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