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TSA Not Monitoring Key Performance Requirements For Body Scanners, IG Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 14th, 2020

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TSA Not Monitoring Key Performance Requirements For Body Scanners, IG Says

Leidos ProVision 2 Advanced Imaging Technology scanner. Photo: Leidos

The Transportation Security Administration does not monitor two of its key performance requirements for its primary on-person screening systems at airport security checkpoints and therefore can’t be sure the body scanners are working as intended, the Department of Homeland Security’s top watchdog says in a new report. The two operational requirements that the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) that TSA isn’t monitoring for are probability of detection rate and passenger throughput, Joseph Cuffari, the DHS Inspector General (IG), says in the…

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