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Conley
05-14-2012, 09:45 AM
As of February 15, 2012, the total value of TSA’s equipment in storage was, according to TSA officials, estimated at $184 million. However, when questioned by Committee staff, TSA’s warehouse staff and procurement officials were unable to provide the total value of equipment in storage.

Committee staff discovered that 85% of the approximately 5,700 major transportation security equipment currently warehoused at the TLC had been stored for longer than six months; 35% of the equipment had been stored for more than one year. One piece of equipment had been in storage more than six years – 60% of its useful life.

As of February 2012, Committee staff discovered that TSA had 472 Advanced Technology 2 (AT2) carry-on baggage screening machines at the TLC and that more than 99% have remained in storage for more than nine months; 34% of AT2s have been stored for longer than one year.

TSA knowingly purchased more Explosive Trace Detectors (ETDs) than were necessary in order to receive a bulk discount under an incorrect and baseless assumption that demand would increase. TSA management stated: “[w]e purchased more than we needed in order to get a discount.”

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120509/10161518848/congress-tsa-is-wasting-hundreds-millions-taxpayer-dollars.shtml

There's lots more data where that came from. None of it good. Cases like these are why many believe raising taxes aren't the answer. The amount of waste in these programs is criminal.

Peter1469
05-14-2012, 09:45 AM
Clowns.

MMC
05-14-2012, 10:28 AM
Just wait til they order the updated versions. Then they can sell these to the M.E. :grin:

Mainecoons
05-14-2012, 01:02 PM
The whole government is like this. When are the dumb liberals going to figure out that the U.S. Federal government is so incompetent it needs to be dismantled, not expanded.

a777pilot
05-19-2012, 05:19 PM
When I was an active airline Captain, we joked that TSA stood for "Thousands Standing Around". Now I understand that it really stands for "Totally Stupid Asses".

They are worse than a joke. They are dangerous. They need to be disbanded.

Trinnity
05-19-2012, 05:52 PM
The problem is too much spending.
The problem is too much spending.
The problem is too much spending.
The problem is too much spending.
The problem is too much spending.
The problem is too much spending.
The problem is too much spending.
The problem is too much spending.

We're going down the tubes for nothing.

Captain Obvious
05-19-2012, 08:20 PM
The whole government is like this. When are the dumb liberals going to figure out that the U.S. Federal government is so incompetent it needs to be dismantled, not expanded.

Exactly.

Know why they waste money?

Because they can.