Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781976192401
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (924 download)
Book Synopsis Transportation Worker Identification Credential by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Transportation Worker Identification Credential written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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,
