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TSA shares Registered Traveler details

21st Jan 2006, 00:37 GMT

The Transportation Security Administration revealed today biometrics requirements and other information about Registered Traveler, its voluntary credentialing program for frequent flyers. Scheduled to start screening passengers nationally June 20, Registered Traveler is intended to speed more travelers through airport security checks. The program also aims to reduce the number of passengers that screeners must check by designating qualified participants as low-risk. The program is a partnership between TSA and the private sector, based on a successful pilot test in Orlando, Fla. The agency performs the screening while private entities handle customer service and marketing, said Darrin Kayser, a TSA spokesman. Registered Traveler enrollment vendors will have to collect 10 fingerprints as part of the application, Kayser said. Card vendors will have to follow federal smart card guidelines set out in the Federal Technical Implementation Guidance. Vendors must store biometric data according to standards set by the American National Standards Institute/International Committee for Information Technology Standards...

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