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Universal Security Credential * USA - ATA Urges Making TWIC
Arlington,VA,USA -MarketWatch -Sept 17, 2008: -- The American Trucking Associations testified before a House Committee today about the status and uses of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). Philip L. Byrd Sr., President and CEO of Charleston, S.C.-based Bulldog Hiway Express, spoke on behalf of ATA at a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism of the House Committee on Homeland Security... Byrd asked the committee to ensure that the TWIC is used as the single, universally accepted security credential for transportation workers that pre-empts all other security and access programs... ATA supports the original concept of TWIC having one enrollment process, one fee and one background check called a security threat assessment (STA), so that it can become a singular credential. Many drivers are now required to have multiple credentials for various ports, government facilities and state-administered security and access programs...
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