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Rollout of L.A. TWIC Port Pilot Dependent on Various Factors

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

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The timing of a planned rollout of a field test of a federally-mandated identification and access control system that must be designed, developed and managed at several terminals at the Port of Los Angeles is dependent on several "macro influences," according to Ted Langhoff, director of Unisys Corp.'s [UIS] Cargo and Port Security Practice. Unisys, which won the three-year, $1 million contract from the L.A. Port in February to create and manage the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) field test,…

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