Transportation Security: DHS Efforts to Eliminate Redundant Background Check Investigations |
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Air Cargo airport applicant Aviation background check process background check programs background check requirements biographical information Chairman The Honorable CHECK PROGRAM COMPARISON Coast Guard commercial driver's license Committees and Subcommittees comparability standards coordinate DHS screening coordinate its background Coordination Office SCO credentialing programs criminal history records DHS Actions Taken/Planned DHS background check DHS components DHS's federal agencies fees fingerprints GAO Accountability Integrity GAO analysis Government Accountability Office Hazardous Materials Endorsement history records check Homeland Security identity document implementation Merchant Mariner Credential Merchant Mariner Document METHODOLOGY multiple background check Objective 1 GAO Objective 2 DHS operates separate enrollment program operates separate Ranking Minority Member reduce redundancies redundancies and inefficiencies redundant background checks Reliability BACKGROUND CHECK SAFE Port Act SAFETEA-LU screening and credentialing Screening Coordination Office separate enrollment facilities SIDA similar background check Subcommittees GAO Accountability Subcommittees Objective Transportation Security Administration Transportation Worker Identification unescorted access USA PATRIOT Act Worker Identification Credential
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Page 24 - Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) and of NTSB recommendations arising out of various accidents involving cracked joint bars.
Page 22 - Act, implies that federal programs that contribute to the same or similar results should be closely coordinated to ensure that goals are consistent and, as appropriate, program efforts are mutually reinforcing. 16 We have found that uncoordinated program efforts can waste scarce funds, confuse and frustrate program customers, and limit the overall effectiveness of the federal effort.
Page 23 - ... implement a coordinated and comprehensive approach to terroristrelated screening - in immigration, law enforcement, intelligence, counterintelligence, and protection of the border, transportation systems, and critical infrastructure — that supports homeland security, at home and abroad.
Page 5 - Performance information also allows program managers to compare their programs' results with goals and thus determine where to target program resources to improve performance. When managers are...
Page 22 - The US border security system should be integrated into a larger network of screening points that includes our transportation system and access to vital facilities, such as nuclear reactors. The President should direct the Department of Homeland Security to lead the effort to design a comprehensive screening system, addressing common problems and setting common standards with systemwide goals in mind.
Page 4 - At the department level, DHS created SCO in July 2006 to coordinate DHS background check programs. SCO is in the early stages of developing its plans for this coordination. In December 2006, SCO issued a report identifying common problems, challenges, and needed improvements in the credentialing programs and processes across the department. The office awarded a contract in April 2007 that will provide the methodology and support for developing an implementation plan to include common design and comparability...
Page 22 - In July 2004, the 9/11 Commission reported that having too many different biometric standards, travel facilitation systems, credentialing systems, and screening requirements hampers the development of information crucial for stopping terrorists from entering the country, is expensive, and is inefficient.24 The Commission recommended that a coordinating body raise standards, facilitate information-sharing, and survey systems for potential problems.
Page 25 - ... for which the conviction or finding was on or after February 17, 1992, the aircraft operator must immediately suspend that individual's authority to perform checked baggage or cargo functions. (d) Disqualifying criminal offenses. An individual has a disqualifying criminal offense if the individual has been convicted, or found not guilty by reason of insanity, of any of the disqualifying crimes listed in this paragraph in any jurisdiction during the 10 years before the date of the individual's...