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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

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TSA Plans RFP for Boarding Pass Scanners The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this month plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Boarding Pass Scanners. The agency says the commercially available systems can be deployed quickly and will be used to scan airline electronic and paper boarding passes, and validate and display the vetting results and flight passenger information. The RFP is expected to release on Aug. 25 with proposals due by Sept. 22. Sol. No. HSTS04-14-R-CT2043. Contact: Jason…

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Congress

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