November 14, 2024
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Official says TSA management probe at BIA not public

BANGOR – While an investigation into mismanagement practices by the Transportation Safety Administration at Bangor International Airport continues, TSA officials say the results will not be made public.

An e-mail sent more than a week ago to TSA employees in Bangor claimed that a review of “allegations of poor management communication practices and general management issues” would be conducted.

The e-mail reportedly was written by Gregory R. Willard, assistant federal security director for TSA in Bangor, but Willard declined to comment further on the e-mail.

An official from an airport in Syracuse, N.Y., Gary Milano, conducted interviews with employees in Bangor last week, according to Ann Davis, a TSA regional spokeswoman in Boston.

The employee interviews were part of the review, which is designed to allow employees to air concerns and to examine management protocols and practices, Davis said last week.

She would not elaborate on the scope or nature of the review, but said it was not prompted by security deficiencies at BIA. The investigation is designed to address work force issues and does not imply any wrongdoing on the part of TSA management, she said.

Reached for comment this week, Milano directed all inquiries on the investigation to Davis, who could not be reached Tuesday for comment.

Another spokesperson with TSA in Boston said that the investigation continues but that no details would be released to the public.

Approximately 60 screeners, both full-time and part-time, and 10 managers are employed at the airport.

BIA Director Rebecca Hupp said last week that she was not officially informed of the review. TSA, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, is a separate entity at the airport, and its personnel are not under her supervision, she said.


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