Wed, Mar 02, 2011
Provides Stakeholders With Choices While Maintaining
Security
Channeling service provider agreements with three award
recipients were announced late last week by TSA. American
Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), L-1 and Telos ID received
the awards. Through aviation channeling service providers, employee
data is collected and submitted to TSA to conduct employee threat
assessments necessary to work in an aviation environment.
TSA requires threat assessments be conducted for all airport and
airline employees requiring access to the secure areas of an
airport, including baggage workers, ground maintenance workers and
restaurant and retail employees. These agreements satisfy
Congressional, stakeholder and airport operator requests that
airports and airlines be given a choice of service providers and
that there be competition between service providers.
“TSA has worked closely with industry to ensure a smooth
transition of this important system, which helps keep our
transportation systems secure by thoroughly vetting aviation
workers,” said TSA Assistant Administrator for Transportation
Threat Assessment and Credentialing Greg Wellen. “By
expanding our channeling service agreement to AAAE, L-1 and Telos
ID, we are providing choices to our aviation partners through open
competition.”
The agreement awarded today succeeds a non-competitive agreement
granted solely to AAAE in 2003. In addition to collecting and
submitting employee information necessary for threat assessments,
airport and aircraft operators may also use aviation channeling
service providers for other functions such as training.
Award recipients will now undergo thorough qualification testing
and auditing to ensure compliance with policy and security
requirements before TSA grants them the authority to operate.
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