Transportation Worker I. D. Credential

Transportation Worker I. D. Credential
Author: Stephen M. Lord
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1437926843

The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program, managed by the Transportation Security Admin. (TSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard, requires maritime workers who access secure areas of transportation facilities to obtain a biometric identification card to access these facilities. A federal regulation set a national compliance deadline of April 15, 2009. TSA is conducting a pilot program to test the use of TWICs with biometric card readers in part to inform the development of a second TWIC regulation. This report evaluated TSA's and the Coast Guard's progress and related challenges in implementing TWIC, and evaluated the management challenges, if any, that TSA and Coast Guard face in executing the TWIC pilot test. Illus.

Transportation Worker Identification Credential

Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2017-09-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781976192401

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. Coast Guard, requires maritime workers who access secure areas of transportation facilities to obtain a biometric identification card to access these facilities. A federal regulation set a national compliance deadline of April 15, 2009. TSA is conducting a pilot program to test the use of TWICs with biometric card readers in part to inform the development of a second TWIC regulation. GAO was asked to evaluate TSA's and the Coast Guard's progress and related challenges in implementing TWIC, and to evaluate the management challenges, if any, TSA, Coast Guard, and DHS face in executing the TWIC pilot test. GAO reviewed TWIC enrollment and implementation documents and conducted site visits or interviewed officials at the seven pilot program sites. Among other things,

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Implementation

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Implementation
Author: United States Senate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2019-09-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781695164383

Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) implementation: hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, April 12, 2007.