SAC on board

Sac airport pursues pre-OK'd security lines


By Mark Larson
Sacramento Business Journal
Updated: 7:00 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2005


If you fly in and out of Sacramento International Airport regularly, by early next summer you'll likely be able to bypass any long security lines.

It'll cost you, though.

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But he has publicly said the company is ready to provide its service to an estimated 35 airports around the country within six months. Lockheed Martin Corp. is Verified's partner and general contractor. Unisys Corp. and Electronic Data Systems Corp. bid against and lost to Verified Identity for the Orlando airport test.

The federal government recently finished gathering data on the performance of five different screening systems that were tested at airports in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston and Washington, D.C.

Two weeks ago they decided to open the door for airports around the country to seek private bids for the service. Formally dubbed "Registered Traveler," the privately run program overseen by the feds is set for a national launch on June 20.


The American Association of Airport Executives has signed up 60 airports and tech companies to set business rules and technical standards for interoperability of the registered traveler system. Federal regulators eventually will choose which vendors will be able to work within the fee-based system.

Registered Traveler Program to take off.