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DHS pledges more than $1 billion for airport screening tech, awards bonus checks to TSA workers
Summary
At an event at Harry Reid International Airport, the Department of Homeland Security announced a nationwide investment of over $1,000,000,000 in screening technologies and presented bonus checks to Transportation Security Administration employees who worked through a 43-day government shutdown.
The Department of Homeland Security announced at the Harry Reid International Airport innovation checkpoint that it will invest more than $1,000,000,000 in new screening technologies and systems at airport checkpoints nationwide and distributed bonus checks to Transportation Security Administration employees recognized for working through the recent 43-day federal government shutdown.
"We are going to be investing over $1,000,000,000 in new technology and new advancements in the security systems at security checkpoints in airports across the country," the Secretary said at the event, calling the commitment the largest screening-technology…
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