to USA Today, despite such confi dent claims, the TSA caught fi re from a House oversight committee in February due to its “inexcusable” delay in releasing reports regarding specifi cs about the safety of the technology. In March, USA Today also reported the TSA’s intentions to retest machines following “math mistakes” that indicated radiation levels up to ten times higher than expected. Even as public debate continues
to simmer over ongoing issues and concerns surrounding AIT, a newer, better version of the body scanner concept is under way - at least in terms of the comfort factor. Early this year, the TSA announced plans to test re-envisioned AIT machines in select airports, explaining that the new technology “enhances privacy by eliminating passenger-specifi c images and instead auto-detects potential
threat items and indicates their location on a generic outline of a person.” Such regulatory
Even as public debate continues to simmer over ongoing issues and concerns surrounding AIT, a newer, better version of the body scanner concept is under way - at least in terms of the comfort factor.
rewrites continue to alter the events landscape, as meeting planners continue to regulate their site-selection criteria based upon the needs, comforts, and preferences of their attendees. Ever-changing state laws infl uence many factors that aid in determining where groups want to meet, where they can meet, and how easy it will be to get there. Although meeting planners and attendees alike might often long for the simplicities of yesteryear, planners must always keep an eye on the future to greet the burgeoning challenges of today.
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