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Homeland Security

TSA Beginning Air Cargo Security Pilot Project

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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this month plans to initiate a pilot project that involves inspecting cargo bound for passenger aircraft using existing X-Ray and explosive trace detection (ETD) systems to meet cargo screening requirements imposed by Congress. Under a new Broad Agency Announcement for its Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP), TSA is seeking responses from interested Indirect Air Carriers to volunteer for the pilot project. Last year Congress approved the 9/11 Commission Act, which among other things, calls for…

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