viation security related efforts,
such as cargo, that remain a concern"
Yet numerous challenges continue to face TSA in its efforts to improve the
U.S. aviation security system (Aviation 2004).
Staffing shortages and Transportation Security Administration's hiring
process continue to hinder its ability to fully staff screening checkpoints
without using additional measures, such as mandatory overtime and moreover,
TSA continues to have difficulty deploying and leveraging screening
equipment and technologies because of competing priorities in a tight
budget environment (Aviation 2004). Furthermore, the rapid expansion of
the Federal Air Marshal Service has encountered a number of operational and
management problems and to accommodate has revised and abbreviated its
training curriculum and has developed an advanced training course for newly
hired marshals to provide additional skills, however, funding cutbacks have
delayed completion of this training for all air
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