Report: TSA Screener Spending Uncontrolled

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Report: TSA Screener Spending Uncontrolled

By LESLIE MILLER, Associated Press Writer

Monday, January 9, 2006

(01-09) 17:35 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

In the rush to hire airport screeners after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the newly formed
Transportation Security Administration spent as much as $143,432 per screener on recruitment
in Topeka, Kan., according to a report released Monday.

The TSA hired a company, NCS Pearson, to recruit screeners soon after Congress ordered it
to replace private airport screeners with a government work force by Nov. 19, 2002.

Lawmakers later criticized the TSA for its spending after they learned the recruiters worked
out of lavish resort hotels with golf courses, pools and spas.

The new report, written by the Homeland Security Department's inspector general, concluded
that the TSA didn't have the staff or organization needed to manage such a contract.

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Full article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/09/national/w173525S22.DTL

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1. Boy, that privatization of services sure does save a lot of money!

Imagine if these jobs had been filled with federal union members instead -- I mean, they might have asked for health insurance or something!