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'Secure Flight' Program Comes Under Fire From GAO

This is a good time to mention UnSecureFlight.com.

Michael Arnone writes on FCW.com:

The Government Accountability Office and the airline industry slammed the Transportation Security Administration in a congressional hearing on the agency's two main passenger-screening programs.

TSA has made progress on Secure Flight, which is designed to screen out terrorists from airline passengers, but management problems persist, said Cathleen Berrick, director of homeland security and justice at GAO.

In its rush to push out Secure Flight, TSA has neglected to define systems requirements for Secure Flight or follow its own or industry best practices for information technology systems development, Berrick said.

posted by Fergie @ 2/09/2006 03:29:00 PM