By AMY HARDER
The Travel Industry Association launched a new transition Web site today and released a series of briefings on major concerns the group believes Barack Obama should address.
The briefings cover issues such as the controversial Visa waiver program, the Transportation Security Administration's screening process and federal highway reauthorization. Nine of TIA's 18 briefings address the Department of Homeland Security, with others devoted to State, Commerce, Transportation, Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The site also offers a repository of information on what other groups, including think tanks and government agencies, have recently done related to travel policy. Geoff Freeman, the TIA's senior vice president of public affairs, hopes the site provides a service for the incoming administration. "Now's not the time when people want to be lobbied, bombarded with stuff they don't need," Freeman said. "The transition team is interested in being informed. These briefing papers and links to other reports take every issue and provide a holistic view."
Freeman said his group has been in contact with various transition team members, and he stressed how closely travel is connected to the economy, U.S. image abroad and energy. Obama's transition team can "use travel to solve a lot of the world's problems," he said.
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