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Aviation Security: FAA's Actions to Study Responsibilities and Funding for Airport Security and to Certify Screening Companies

RCED-99-53 Published: Feb 25, 1999. Publicly Released: Mar 04, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) efforts to implement the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996, focusing on: (1) the status of FAA's efforts to implement the requirement of section 301 of the act mandating that FAA conduct a study and report to Congress on whether aviation security responsibilities should be transferred from the airline carriers to airports or the federal government; (2) the status of FAA's efforts to implement section 302 mandating that FAA certify security screening companies and improve the training and testing of security screeners through the development of performance standards; and (3) issues that could impede FAA's implementation of section 302.

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Accident preventionAirlinesAirport securityAirportsAviation securityFacility securityFunds managementPerformance measuresReporting requirementsSafety regulationSafety standardsTransportation safety