The FY2027 President's Budget requests $6.0M for Checkpoint Automation (CPAM), within Homeland Security's Research and Development account. That is up 140% on the FY2026 figure of $2.5M, which is a continuing-resolution annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.
FY2025–FY2027
| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | enacted | $2.5M |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | $2.5M |
| FY2027 | request | $6.0M |
The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure — the rate a continuing resolution funds at, not an enacted appropriation. The two are different numbers and are not interchangeable. Bases are separate columns and are never summed into one figure.
Homeland Security discretionary budget authority
From the OMB Public Budget Database — clean, summable, and the figure to cite for an agency total. It is the whole of Homeland Security's discretionary request, not a total of the parsed lines above, and this page never adds the two together.
What this funds
The Checkpoint Automation (CPAM) initiative aims to leverage Open Architecture (OA) to establish a connected transportation security system of systems, in which state-of-the-art solutions are quickly adopted to address emerging threats and enable a dynamic screening environment. The FY 2027 Budget includes $6.0M to support the development and operationalization of OA concepts, enabling TSA to adopt industry innovations from any potential partner rapidly and improve overall operational efficiency and customer experience. The CPAM initiative focuses on establishing a connected and interoperable transportation security system through the adoption of OA. This design approach ensures that components like software and hardware are standards-based and interoperable to allow any vendor to create improved components (e.g., new detection algorithms and common user interfaces). CPAM includes the development and operationalization of standards and enabling solutions such as the Digital Imaging and Communications in Security (DICOS) data format, the Open Platform Software Library (OPSL) interfaces and communication protocols, and the Threat Recognition System (TRS) computing platform. These components work together to create a vendor-neutral environment that supports rapid innovation across an expanded industry base and enhances TSA's ability to address emerging threats efficiently.
Extracted from Transportation Security Administration, p. 6. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.
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