WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed David Cummins, a senior vice president of Serco, to head the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump administration pushes to privatize screeners at smaller airports.
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President Donald Trump in April proposed cutting more than 9,400 workers and just over $1.5 billion, or about 20%, from the annual budget of the 60,000-employee TSA that handles airport security operations.
He also proposed requiring smaller airports to use private security, a move that would cut the TSA payroll by more than 4,500 jobs.
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(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)
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