Aviation security : efforts to validate TSA's passenger screening behavior detection program underway, but opportunities exist to strengthen validation and address operational challenges : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Transportation Security Administration--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Transportation Security Administration.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Security measures--United States.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Airline passenger security screening--United States.

Airline passenger security screening.

Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--United States.

Terrorism.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Security measures.

Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy.

Genre:

Rules and practice.

Rules.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 84 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Efforts to validate TSA's passenger screening behavior detection program underway, but opportunities exist to strengthen validation and address operational challenges

Screening of passengers by observation techniques

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

Summary:

"To enhance aviation security, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began initial testing in October 2003 of its Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program. Behavior Detection Officers (BDO) carry out SPOT's mission to identify persons who pose a risk to aviation security by focusing on behavioral and appearance indicators. GAO was asked to review the SPOT program. GAO analyzed (1) the extent to which TSA validated the SPOT program before deployment, (2) implementation challenges, and (3) the extent to which TSA measures SPOT's effect on aviation security. GAO analyzed TSA documents, such as strategic plans and operating procedures; interviewed agency personnel and subject matter experts; and visited 15 SPOT airports, among other things. Although the results from these visits are not generalizable, they provided insights into SPOT operations."--Highlights.

Contents:

Letter

Appendix I. scope and methodology

Appendix II. DHS comments

Appendix III. GAO contacts and staff acknowledgments

Tables

Figures

Abbreviations.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed Feb. 10, 2011).

"May 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-10-763."

OCLC:

705941926