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Mass Transit news articles. ........Date: 5/1/2002

Successful Implementation Of Federal Passenger Screeners

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U.S. Under Secretary of Transportation for Security John W. Magaw announced today that the Transportation Security Administration successfully placed federal passenger screeners at Baltimore Washington International Airports' Piers A and B. The successful deployment of these first 200 federal screeners marks the beginning of TSA's monumental challenge of hiring, training and mobilizing 30,000 new screeners.

"This is a historic event for the American people, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the state of Maryland," said Under Secretary Magaw. "This security system will provide us an opportunity to learn some lessons and implement those lessons as we move to other airports around the country. In the end, we will meet our Nov. 19 deadline."

Under Secretary Magaw will be joined by U.S. Representative Ben Cardin, of Maryland's 3rd District, and Beverley Swaim-Staley, Deputy Secretary of Transportation for Maryland and Interim Director for BWI Airport.

TSA is responsible for security in all modes of transportation, civil aviation security, and is in the process of establishing federal security operations in the nation's commercial airports. TSA will deploy federal personnel, including passenger screeners, law enforcement officers and others to all airports by Nov. 19, 2002.

For more information on the TSA and mandated requirements for federal security screeners, please visit www.tsa.dot.gov.