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TSA Seeking Legislative Changes to Enable Access to New Body Scanning Technology

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 1st, 2020

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TSA Seeking Legislative Changes to Enable Access to New Body Scanning Technology

Image taken from ThruVision people-screening system. Photo: ThruVision

The Transportation Security Administration is working with Congress to change the law to allow new technologies to be used for airport checkpoint body scanners that don’t require the need for enhanced privacy features like those used for current Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) systems, an agency official said last month. The current law requires a “body representative avatar” for the AIT systems, Dan Williams, the capabilities manager for TSA’s On-Person Screening program withing the Office of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis said…

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