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After weeks of complaints, DHS and TSA are responding to complaints about increasing wait times at airport checkpoints. No talk of new technology here but the agency is boosting the marketing of its its PreCheck trusted traveler program to get more people able to use expedited screening lanes.
After getting called out by airlines, airport officials, and lawmakers for super long lines at the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration says it’s increasing staff at checkpoints as part of its effort to cut down on those excessive wait times. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Wednesday that he directed TSA to take a number of steps