The Accountability said it will release a detailed report on the
transportation worker identification credential in February, which will include the results of covert testing at port facilities.
Categories: November 22, 2010, Biometric identification, Container security, Entry security, Federal grants, Foreign governments, Grant award procedures, Homeland security, Identification cards, International Port Security Program, International relations, Maritime security, Port security, Port Security Grant Program, Risk management, Security threats, Strategic planning, Supply chain management, Terrorism, Transit Security Grant Program,
Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program
The PGSP's objective is to protect critical port infrastructure from terrorism, enhance risk management capabilities, protect against improvised explosive devices, and conduct training and support implementation of the
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).
The
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), which will be fully implemented in the next few years, holds some promise.
The
Transportation Worker Identification Credential has been beset with problems from the start, including malfunctioning printers, a lack of card readers and criticism of the intrusive background checks required of port workers.
12, all workers who enter Alaska ports to do their jobs with unescorted access to port facilities and Outer Continental Shelf facilities must have a
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) issued by the U.S.
The
Transportation Worker Identification Credential program will require the more than 750,000 port employees, truckers, mariners, longshoremen and others who require unescorted access to secure areas of ports to have background checks before being issued cards with their biometric data.
The
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program, which is managed by the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S.
The
Transportation Worker Identification Credential, a high-tech secure ID card for ports, is still seeing major delays in its implementation.
Following up on an earlier article that dealt with the
Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program (TWIC), I thought I would bring you up to date on where the Department of Homeland Security--Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is on implementing the TWIC program.
* The new TWIC (
Transportation Worker Identification Credential), which is a biometric identification smartcard designed to provide positive identification for eligible transportation workers needing unescorted access to secure areas of a seaport or vessel.