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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
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Our
reviews have given us a perspective on the obstacles facing TSA in carrying out
an important, but incredibly difficult mission to protect the Nation's
transportation systems and ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
I
testified before a different Congressional committee in May of this year
regarding my concerns about TSA’s ability to execute its important mission. At
that hearing, I highlighted the challenges TSA faced. I testified that these
challenges were in almost every area of TSA’s operations: its problematic
implementation of risk assessment rules, including its management of TSA Precheck;
failures in passenger and baggage screening operations, discovered in part
through our covert testing program; TSA’s controls over access to secure areas,
including management of its access badge program; its management of the workforce
integrity program; TSA’s oversight over its acquisition and maintenance of
screening equipment; and other issues we have discovered in the course of over
115 audit and inspection reports...read more.
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Search OIG report archives for reports referenced in today's testimony: TSA and Transportation Security
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