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Transportation Security Administration: Passenger Screening Technology

The Transportation Security Administration's Passenger Screening program provides the technology necessary to prevent the entry of firearms, explosives,and other dangerous weapons on aircraft through inspection of passengers and carry-on baggage.

Rating

What This Rating Means

NOT PERFORMING
Results Not Demonstrated

A rating of Results Not Demonstrated (RND) indicates that a program has not been able to develop acceptable performance goals or collect data to determine whether it is performing.
  • The assessment found that the Passenger Screening Technology program was unable to demonstrate outcome-based performance results.
  • The program recently developed annual performance measures, but targets are under development. The program has not yet undertaken an evaluation of sufficient scope and quality. Work remains to develop long-term measures.
  • TSA is in the process of implementing better management information systems so that performance oversight of technology contractors is improved.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Developing performance targets for the new annual performance measures by the Also, developing long-term outcome measures and targets.
  • Developing a comprehensive capital plan that addresses long term system performance needs.

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