At least 20 airports across the country participate in the Transportation Security Administration’s Screening Partnership Program (SPP), which was founded in 2004 and allows private companies to conduct security screening under TSA oversight, Business Insider reported this week.
Long security lines and staffing shortages have disrupted travel at major US airports during the partial government shutdown — but a small group of hubs is largely avoiding the chaos because they rely on private screening contractors instead of feder… [3711 chars]
Source: New York Post | Published: 2026-03-22T04:04:20Z
Credit: New York Post
