The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Coast Guard are finalizing test plans for upcoming pilot projects that will use biometric smart card readers to control worker access to secure areas of the nation's ports under the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official told Congress last week. So far the TWIC program has five partners for the card reader tests, including the port authorities for Los Angeles and Long Beach in California, Brownsville in…
TSA, Coast Guard Preparing Pilot Tests For TWIC Card Readers
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