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TWIC * USA - New ID deadline approaching
Local employers are gearing up for the deadline of a new security program aimed at tracking people around the nation’s ports and counteracting terrorist activity
Houma,LA,USA -The Daily Comet, by Kathrine Schmidt -January 11, 2009: -- ... As of Tuesday, workers entering many of the nation’s shoreside port areas must have a Transportation Worker Identification Credential, issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration... The program, administered with help from the Coast Guard, was created in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to keep better tabs on people in and around the nation’s ports... The largest area of local impact will be Port Fourchon, where Director Ted Falgout said the process has been going fairly smoothly... The tamper-resistant badge grants unescorted access to restricted areas such as those that contain potentially hazardous materials, chiefly fuel or lubrication oil. Drilling muds are exempt. The requirements are expected to apply to over 1.2 million people -- not just industry workers but also the truck drivers, cooks and other support staff... (Photo by Emily Schwarze - Matt Miller -left- and Brandon Dufrene, both of Hammond, fill out paperwork outside the crowded Transportation Worker Identification Credential enrollment center inside the Houma Atrium Thursday)Labels: TWIC
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