BANGOR (AP) – Transportation Security Administration practices are under review at the Bangor International Airport, a newspaper reported.

An e-mail obtained by the Bangor Daily News indicated that the TSA is investigating claims of substandard management.

The e-mail was sent to TSA employees in Bangor by an assistant federal security director, Gregory R. Willard. The review this week concerns “allegations of poor management communication practices and general management issues,” he wrote.

Gary Milano, the federal security director at Syracuse-Hancock International Airport in New York, was leading the inquiry team that was scheduled to begin meeting with officials on Tuesday and wrap up its sessions by Thursday.

Willard referred questions to TSA regional spokeswoman Ann Davis, who declined to discuss specifics of the probe. Davis did say, however, that the probe was not launched because of security issues at the airport.

TSA officers will be interviewed as part of the review, which is designed to allow employees to air possible concerns and to examine management practices, she said.

“TSA is committed to looking into any and all allegations,” Davis said from Boston.

Approximately 60 screeners, both full-time and part-time, and 10 management personnel are employed at the airport, Davis said.

“If screeners have concerns about how they’re being managed, we will always respond to those concerns,” Davis said.

Airport Director Rebecca Hupp said Thursday she was not officially informed of the review.

The Transportation Security Administration is a division of the Department of Homeland Security, and its personnel are not under her supervision, she said.

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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com