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Secure Flight Redux: TSA Seeks To Launch Prescreening Program After Facing Congressional Concerns.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 13-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Transportation Security Administration this fall plans to test with select airlines the latest version of its Secure Flight passenger-prescreening program, through which the government, rather than the airlines, would check passenger data against government watchlists in efforts to bolster air travel security. TSA last week said it plans to complete the domestic portion of the program in the first year following approval, and the international component in the second year.

TSA Aug. 9 outlined in a proposed rulemaking a revamped Secure Flight aimed to address privacy, operational and data accuracy concerns, among others. Previous attempts to launch the program came undone after failing to meet congressional standards.

TSA last week said it plans to merge international prescreening components of the Customs and Border Protection's Advance Passenger Information System with the Secure Flight program. The Department of Homeland Security last week separately published a final ruling on the APIS program to enable the U.S. government to collect flight manifests before flights depart for the United States.

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