The Transportation Security Administration has launched a 90-day employee screening pilots at seven airports as a requirement of the Omnibus Appropriations Act passed by Congress in January 2008. The legislation mandates examination of several types of employee screening in order to determine ways to enhance aviation security.

Evaluation of biometric access control will occur at Boston’s Logan International Airport and Denver International. The Omnibus Appropriation Act provides up to $15 million for these employee screening programs. These airports were selected from more than 100 that expressed interest in participating in the pilots because of their diverse flight operations, passengers and physical layouts.