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On Monday, the TSA’s acting administrator, Melvin Carraway reassigned to a different job in the Department of Homeland Security. Acting Deputy Director Mark Hatfield will lead the agency until a new administrator is appointed.

On top of reassigning the head of TSA Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson directed the agency to revise airport security procedures, retrain officers and retest screening equipment in airports across the country. The changes come after the agency’s inspector general briefed Johnson on a report analyzing the ability to bring prohibited items through TSA checkpoints.

ABC News first reported Monday that undercover agents were able to smuggle prohibited items, such as mock explosives or weapons, through TSA checkpoints in 67 out of 70 attempts.

There were several corrective steps that Johnson recommend TSA adopt, including:

—Retesting and re-evaluating the screening equipment currently in use at airports across the United States.

—Conducting training for all transportation security officers, and intensive training for all supervisory personnel.

—Immediately revising standard operating procedures for screening.

—Continuing to conduct random covert testing.

In regards to long term changes, Johnson has directed TSA and DHS to “examine adopting new technologies to address the vulnerabilities identified by the Inspector General’s testing.”  The Homeland Security chief said that over the last year, “TSA screened a record number of passengers at airports in the United States, and … seized a record number of prohibited items.”

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