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Homeland Security

TSA’s Golden Explains Plans for New Integration Facility

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

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An operational test facility that will open this year will give the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) the ability to test new, emerging and upgraded technologies, examine how to fuse different sensor systems at checkpoints, and improve the efficiency of its screener workforce, Mike Golden, assistant administrator for operational process and technology, tells TR2 in a recent interview. The Transportation Security Integration Facility (TSIF), which will be located at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., will also allow TSA to pre-certify…

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