21.   Scattered police departments and hospitals operate similar programs on their own, from Palm Beach County, Fla., to Somerset County, N.J.

22.   The booklet lists organizations that bring foreign students to the United States as well as those that operate programs overseas, with the emphasis on inbound students.

23.   The agency does not operate programs in Pakistan, but the Peshawar office has served as its staging ground for programs in Afghanistan for several years.

24.   The concept of private vendors operating programs at a Texas prison is not new.

25.   The district also operates magnet programs that offer an advanced curriculum for gifted and highly gifted students.

26.   The district contracted with the Irvine-based CTSI Corp. to operate the program.

27.   The group also helps finance and operate service programs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

28.   The group provides insurance and other financial services and operates charitable programs, and it often sponsors surveys on ethical and other issues.

29.   The move is more a trickle than a flood, with most of the managed care organizations still operating their programs.

30.   The other five airports, which will be selected over the upcoming year, will operate pilot programs to test different screening approaches with private security firms.