Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces Recruitment Targeting 30,000 Federal Security Workers

    WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation
 Norman Y. Mineta today announced the Transportation Security Administration
 (TSA) has begun the process of actively recruiting more than 30,000 federal
 security personnel to perform airport screening duties and other functions at
 each of the nation's commercial airports.
     Joined by Under Secretary of Transportation for Security John Magaw,
 Secretary Mineta announced that NCS Pearson Inc. will assist in the
 recruitment and hiring process by providing an automated, Web-based system for
 the recruitment and placement of personnel.  Under the terms of the $103.4
 million competitively procured contract, the company will also provide on-
 going human resources services for these personnel deployed throughout the
 country.
     "Today marks another major step in the recruitment and deployment of a
 modern, well-trained and highly qualified federal security workforce to
 provide world class security and customer service at airports around the
 country," said Secretary Mineta.  "I am personally committed to ensuring that
 security professionals protecting our nation's travelers be highly trained,
 better paid and provide top-quality service."
     Under the terms of the contract, NCS Pearson will:
 
     *     Post and capture security screener job applications using an
           automated process that is managed nationally and recruits locally to
           find the most qualified candidates under the stringent standards
           required by the TSA;
     *     Establish and manage multiple Assessment Center facilities for TSA
           physical standards, aptitude and English proficiency testing of
           candidates;
     *     Manage candidate selection: interviews, and new employee processing;
           and
     *     Provide day-to-day servicing in all areas of Human Resource support.
 
     Those selected for these new TSA security positions must meet stringent
 requirements established by law.  "Our goal is to hire the best and the
 brightest in these critical security positions to provide the highest level of
 security and service to the traveling public," said Under Secretary John
 Magaw.
     The Transportation Security Administration, which has responsibility for
 civil aviation security, is in the process of establishing federal security
 operations in the nation's commercial airports.  TSA will deploy federal
 personnel, including passenger and baggage screeners, law enforcement officers
 and others to all airports by Nov. 19, 2002.
     NCS Pearson is a global provider of applications, services and
 technologies for education, testing, assessment, government and complex data
 management.  The company is based in Eden Prairie, MN, and has more than 5,500
 employees worldwide.  NCS Pearson's Government Solutions business is based in
 Arlington, VA.  NCS Pearson operates as a business of Pearson Education, the
 world's largest integrated education company, which in turn is part of Pearson
 plc, the international media and education company.  For more information,
 visit http://www.ncs.com .
 
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SOURCE  U.S. Department of Transportation

    WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation
 Norman Y. Mineta today announced the Transportation Security Administration
 (TSA) has begun the process of actively recruiting more than 30,000 federal
 security personnel to perform airport screening duties and other functions at
 each of the nation's commercial airports.
     Joined by Under Secretary of Transportation for Security John Magaw,
 Secretary Mineta announced that NCS Pearson Inc. will assist in the
 recruitment and hiring process by providing an automated, Web-based system for
 the recruitment and placement of personnel.  Under the terms of the $103.4
 million competitively procured contract, the company will also provide on-
 going human resources services for these personnel deployed throughout the
 country.
     "Today marks another major step in the recruitment and deployment of a
 modern, well-trained and highly qualified federal security workforce to
 provide world class security and customer service at airports around the
 country," said Secretary Mineta.  "I am personally committed to ensuring that
 security professionals protecting our nation's travelers be highly trained,
 better paid and provide top-quality service."
     Under the terms of the contract, NCS Pearson will:
 
     *     Post and capture security screener job applications using an
           automated process that is managed nationally and recruits locally to
           find the most qualified candidates under the stringent standards
           required by the TSA;
     *     Establish and manage multiple Assessment Center facilities for TSA
           physical standards, aptitude and English proficiency testing of
           candidates;
     *     Manage candidate selection: interviews, and new employee processing;
           and
     *     Provide day-to-day servicing in all areas of Human Resource support.
 
     Those selected for these new TSA security positions must meet stringent
 requirements established by law.  "Our goal is to hire the best and the
 brightest in these critical security positions to provide the highest level of
 security and service to the traveling public," said Under Secretary John
 Magaw.
     The Transportation Security Administration, which has responsibility for
 civil aviation security, is in the process of establishing federal security
 operations in the nation's commercial airports.  TSA will deploy federal
 personnel, including passenger and baggage screeners, law enforcement officers
 and others to all airports by Nov. 19, 2002.
     NCS Pearson is a global provider of applications, services and
 technologies for education, testing, assessment, government and complex data
 management.  The company is based in Eden Prairie, MN, and has more than 5,500
 employees worldwide.  NCS Pearson's Government Solutions business is based in
 Arlington, VA.  NCS Pearson operates as a business of Pearson Education, the
 world's largest integrated education company, which in turn is part of Pearson
 plc, the international media and education company.  For more information,
 visit http://www.ncs.com .
 
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