PGDS v3 0 changes

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PGDS Version 3.0 Updates from Version 2.0
OST Engineering
November 27, 2009
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Purpose of the PGDS

• The main purpose of the PGDS is to expedite the
  nationwide installation of CBISs in an equitable,
  sustainable, and cost-effective manner
• PGDS provides specific guidance on ways to
  implement CBISs that have
• Lower costs from both capital and life-cycle
  perspectives
• Higher performance than the first generation of
  installed CBIS
• PGDS establishes design standards that
• Clarify TSAs operational parameters that must be
  met
• Require evidence of the ability to meet these
  parameters during the planning and design process
  of the system
• Address factors necessary to actively manage CBIS
  costs and performance

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PGDS Methodology

• Establish common design principles and metrics to
  which all screening system designs must adhere
• Consolidate collective industry experience and
  insights relating to best practices for planning,
  designing, and implementing baggage screening
  systems
• Disseminate the latest information on screening
  technologies, in-line screening concepts, and
  screening protocols
• Standardize the methodologies for planning,
  designing, and evaluating various system design
  alternatives

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Key PGDS Objectives

• Achieve the lowest-cost CBIS solution
• Define design standards
• Understand the complexity of in-line screening
  systems and avoid the common pitfalls of first
  generation designs
• Develop principles for appropriate sizing of
  CBISs, including methods for estimating demand
  and equipment requirements
• Develop principles for accommodating growth
  beyond initial system sizing
• Provide flexibility in baggage screening system
  designs and facilities
• Use an integrated and participatory approach to
  the planning and design process, as well as the
  implementation process, by involving all relevant
  stakeholders
• Upgrade the design review and approval process

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PGDS Development

• From PGDS v1.0 to PGDS v2.0
• PGDS v1.0 published October 2007
• Over 12 months of collaboration with the aviation
  industry and significant internal development of
  PGDS v1.0
• Over 200 public comments were received, reviewed
  and addressed by TSA
• PGDS v2.0 published on January 30, 2009
• From PGDS v2.0 to PGDS v3.0
• Over 9 months of collaboration with the aviation
  industry and significant internal development of
  PGDS v2.0
• Almost 80 public comments for PGDS v2.0 received
  from January 30, 2009 to July 17, 2009
• All comments were reviewed by TSA and addressed
  in PGDS v3.0
• PGDS v3.0 was published on November 27, 2009

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PGDS v3.0 Follow-on Studies

• Conducted four follow-on studies in collaboration
  with industry
• Design for CBIS flexibility (new Chapter 7)
• CBRA design best practices (new Chapter 9)
• CBIS OM best practices (new Chapter 7)
• CBIS cost eligibility (new Appendix F)
• Assembled two industry working groups for four
  days and facilitated open-forum discussions
  related to the above-mentioned follow-on studies

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PGDS v3.0 Summary of Key Changes

• Improved document usability
• Reorganized outline to improve flow of document
• Reduced repetitive text and edited content
• Enhanced graphics to improve reader experience
• Improved document format to streamline document
  production
• Landscape format
• Removed 11x17 tables and figures
• Updated information
• CBIS types and EDS machines
• CBIS related cost assumptions
• EDS operational assumptions (e.g. throughput,
  FAR, etc.)
• EDS availability

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PGDS v3.0 - Key Changes - Detailed
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PGDS v3.0 - Key Changes - Detailed
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PGDS v3.0 - Key Changes - Detailed
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PGDS v3.0 and Beyond

• TSA will continue to coordinate with the aviation
  industry to periodically update the Guidelines,
  and welcomes comments to PGDS v3.0
• To facilitate input, TSA has established an email
  address, pgds_at_dhs.gov, to receive comments and
  suggestions from experts and the public
• TSA encourages the use of the industry comment
  template provided in Appendix A of the Guidelines
  which can also be found in the following link
  http//www.tsa.gov/assets/xls/pgds_comment_form.xl
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• PGDS v4.0 anticipated release is October 2010

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