Airport Security Firm 'Finished,' DOT Says

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has notified Argenbright Security, which employs 40 percent of the nation's airport screeners, that it will no longer do business with the company.

In the short-term, the decision will not affect Argenbright's work at U.S. airports, where the embattled security company now contracts with airlines and not the government. That will change beginning February 17, when the federal government begins an 180-day process of taking control of airport security from private screeners.

The DOT said it is asking competing security firms for bids to asumme Argenbright's workload this winter and continue in that capacity until federal screeners take over.

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