Aviation Security Federal Air Marshal Service Is Addressing Challenges of Its Expanded Mission and Workforce, But Additional Actions Needed

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000003874
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Aviation Security Federal Air Marshal Service Is Addressing Challenges of Its Expanded Mission and Workforce, But Additional Actions Needed
Author:	General Accounting Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

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Excerpt: To deploy its expanded workforce by July 1, 2002, a deadline set by the Deputy Secretary of Transportation, the Service used expedited procedures to obtain interim secret security clearances for air marshal candidates and provided abbreviated training for them. These procedures allowed candidates with interim clearances to work until they received their final top-secret clearances. Because of a governmentwide demand for clearances, nearly a quarter of the active air marshals had not received their top-secret clearances as of July 2003; but by October 2003, only about 3 percent were awaiting their top-secret clearances. To train its expanded workforce before the Deputy Secretary?s deployment deadline, the Service incrementally revised and abbreviated its curriculum.