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TWIC electronic readers still years away

Use of electronic readers to verify valid Transportation Worker Identification Credentials at ports is more than 2 years away, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft said March 26. Zukunft, who spoke at

TSA 'exploring options' on TWIC expiration

The Transportation Security Administration is "exploring options" on how it will handle the first wave of Transportation Worker Identification Credential expirations in October 2012, said TSA

Coast Guard slightly relaxes TWIC policy for merchant marine

Certain sailors in the merchant marine need no longer possess an active Transportation Worker Identification Credential following the Coast Guard's Dec. 19 issuance of a policy letter (.pdf) that

Thompson calls for TWIC extension

Workers in U.S. maritime ports should not have to renew their Transportation Worker Identification Credentials after they start expiring in October 2012, Democratic members of the House Homeland

GAO: TWIC introduces security vulnerabilities

A government identity card program for maritime workers could be the source of security vulnerabilities, finds a Government Accountability Office report released publically May 10. The report, a

TWIC: One success story

If you want to look at a program that works, check out the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. After plenty of false starts, the program