{"id":3245,"date":"2001-11-07T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2001-11-07T21:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2021-02-21T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T21:01:47","slug":"american-polygraph-association-considers-polygraph-testing-of-airport-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/07\/american-polygraph-association-considers-polygraph-testing-of-airport-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"American Polygraph Association Considers Polygraph &#8220;Testing&#8221; of Airport Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Issue #58 of PolygraphPlace.com&#8217;s biweekly e-zine, <em>The Polygraph Chronicles,<\/em> includes mention that the American Polygraph Assoction may seek an amendment rolling back the 1988 Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA), which restricts private sector use of polygraphy in the workplace. Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The American Polygraph Association (APA) Newsletter of Sept\/Oct 2001 contains several comments from members of the Board of Directors showing recognition by the professional polygraph community that quality polygraph testing of airport personnel can and should be one way polygraph can serve society. There is an active committee examining the use of polygraph in airport (transportation) security with an eye on possible amendments to the Employee Polygraph Protection Act. The APA committee is comprised of the APA General Counsel, researchers, statisticians, a labor specialist, and several polygraph examiners.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2001\/09\/22\/national-polygraph-association-calls-for-polygraph-screening-of-airport-employees\/\">previously reported<\/a> in the Polygraph News, an earlier edition of <em>The Polygraph Chronicles<\/em> reported a similar proposal by National Polygraph Association president Kenneth J. Whaley.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue #58 of PolygraphPlace.com&#8217;s biweekly e-zine, The Polygraph Chronicles, includes mention that the American Polygraph Assoction may seek an amendment rolling back the 1988 Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA), which restricts private sector use of polygraphy in the workplace. 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