TSA hire agents without background checks

goes through a variety of background checks. The airport looking to hire a new worker submits their information to the Airport Association of Airport Executives, which processes the background check, according to the TSA website. Then the employee’s information is checked against the Terrorist Screening Database. At the same time, the airport conducts its own background check process. Because of a backup in the request submitted to the Airport Executive Association, TSA allowed airports to hire employees who hadn’t fully completed the background check process. Still, all employees ultimately go through the full background check. “The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was recently made aware that a newly implemented change to the system used to process airline and airport employee background checks resulted in a delay for requests submitted through the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE),” TSA said in a statement. “To allow for a continuity of operations, TSA has provided airports and airlines with interim regulatory relief. At no time was security at risk, and all new employees will still undergo identity verification and be subject to watch list matching.” The TSA would not identify which airports have hired screeners without completing background checks. The agency has come under a lot of scrutiny since it’s conception, and these types of stories certainly aren’t going to help matters. It is certainly a concern that the agency that epitomizes safety in screening checks is cutting corners, and no doubt those in authority will be making significant changes now such news is public.]]>