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TWIC Reader Pilot Underway at Texas Port

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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

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Testing of biometric-enabled access readers for Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) is underway at the Port of Brownsville in Texas, the first of several marine facilities in the country that are undertaking multi-phased testing effort to assess how well portable and fixed reader technologies work in the business operations and security regimes of port operators and vessel facilities. The nationwide deadline for workers at all U.S. seaports to have their TWIC credentials for unescorted access to secure areas is today…

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