By 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, says agency Administrator David Pekoske.TSA has requested $73 million from Congress in FY ’19 to purchase and begin deploying 145 computed tomography (CT)-based scanners…
Pekoske Will Seek More Checkpoint Scanners if Initial Deployment Beats Schedule
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