Public Matters blog

Securing our nation’s mass transit systems seems like a nearly impossible task and there’s certainly no silver bullet for protecting the traveling public. A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office in July found that there are a number of promising explosives detection technologies out there, but also noted there are serious limitations that [...]

On the day that John Pistole gets sworn in as the head of the Transportation Security Administration, the Government Accountability Office issued a report that the agency may have considerable difficulties meeting the August 2010 deadline for 100 percent cargo screening.
The report cites that shipper participation in the voluntary screening program has been lower [...]