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Pekoske to Focus on Boosting TSA’s Acquisition Budget

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022

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Pekoske to Focus on Boosting TSA’s Acquisition Budget

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske. Photo: TSA

With key checkpoint acquisition programs currently stretching out into the 2030s and beyond, Transportation Security Agency Administrator David Pekoske says the agency’s capital account is now a key focus area. Pekoske told separate congressional committees in July that it will be in the mid-2040s before TSA completes the deployment of next-generation credential authentication technology (CAT) systems to airports nationwide. Late in 2021, he had said it will be about 2036 before TSA is able to complete the rollout of checkpoint…

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