The thing that irritates me isn't that they won't meet the 60 day deadline. It's that Mineta knew they wouldn't, and he let them put that provision in the bill anyway.

As for the screeners themselves, I do think that the feds will do a better job of checking their backgrounds and providing them with more training. I also think the caliber of the people applying for these jobs will improve. You get a hell of a lot better pool to choose from when you pay someone $35K a year with benefits versus $7 an hour with no benefits.