Hearing: TSA Could Save Millions with Less-Expensive Investigators
The Transportation Security Administration could save $17.5 million over five years if the agency had less-expensive workers conducting internal investigations, agency officials told the House’s Homeland Security subcommittee on transportation security Tuesday.
According to a USA Today report, the officials say they must complete a workforce study first, but either trimming the ranks of 105 costly criminal investigators or replacing them with less-costly workers could reduce the overall TSA budget. This hearing followed a September report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general about TSA’s criminal investigators, who earn an average of $161,794. These staffers are expected to spend at least half of their time investigating and apprehending criminal suspects.