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1 results foundAuthor: U.S. Government Accountability Office Title: Transportation Security: Action Needed to Strengthen TSA's Security Threat Assessment Process Summary: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implements programs that, for example, ensure individuals with unescorted access to secure areas of the nation’s critical transportation infrastructure do not pose a security threat. Key to these programs are security threat assessments that screen individuals for links to terrorism, criminal history, and immigration status. TSA’s Adjudication Center serves as the primary operational component in this process. GAO was asked to examine the performance and staffing strategy of the center. This report addresses the extent to which 1) TSA has measured performance for the center and what the data show; 2) TSA offices have coordinated to meet security threat assessment workload; and 3) TSA addressed potential risks posed by using a mix of government employees and contractors to adjudicate security threat assessments. GAO analyzed TSA data describing the center’s performance since October 2010; reviewed documentation, including staffing plans; and interviewed TSA officials about data measurement and staffing practices. What GAO Recommends GAO recommends that TSA, among other things: direct the Adjudication Center to calculate an accuracy rate that includes adjudicator performance for cases where applicants were both approved and disqualified; share adjudicator staffing plans among key program offices; and update its Adjudication Center workforce conversion plan and provide it to DHS for review and approval. DHS concurred with our recommendations. Details: Washington, DC: GAO, 2013. 48p. Source: Internet Resource: GAO-13-629: Accessed August 8, 2013 at: http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/656051.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/656051.pdf Shelf Number: 129590 Keywords: Airport SecurityCargo SecurityMaritime SecurityThreat AssessmentsTransportation Security (U.S.) |