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The Transportation Security Administration was formed immediately following the tragedies of Sept. 11. TSA is a component of the Department of Homeland Security and is responsible for security of the nation's transportation systems. With state, local and regional partners, TSA oversees security for the highways, railroads, buses, mass transit systems, ports and the 450 U.S. airports. TSA employs approximately 50,000 people from Alaska to Puerto Rico to ensure your travels – by plane, train, automobile or ferry – are safe and secure. The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program is a Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard initiative. Below is a link to the TSA TWIC Home Page. TSA TWIC Enrollment Web Site |
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TWIC pre-enrollment is now open for the Port of Marcus Hook, PA and enrollment will begin there on May 21, 2008. Additional information, including an enrollment center address and hours of operation, will follow before enrollment begins. TWIC is Coming to Marcus Hook - PDF: English - Spanish
The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the final compliance date for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program will be April 15, 2009, which reflects a realignment of the Sept. 25, 2008 compliance date set in the final rule. The seven month extension is a direct result of collaboration with port officials and industry, and realigns the enrollment period with the original intent of the TWIC final rule.
The hours of operation for the Port of Wilmington, DE have changed to Monday-Friday 8:00am to 5:30 pm.
Lockheed Martin’s policies for bulk payment for TWIC applicants. The bulk payment option is provided to give stakeholders additional flexibility in how they purchase TWIC credentials for applicants within their organizations.
The US Coast Guard issued a notice stating that it and the TSA will host a public meeting in Washington, DC on November 19 to discuss the TWIC reader hardware and card application specification.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued this notice of the dates for the beginning of the initial enrollment for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for the Port of Wilmington, in Wilmington, DE.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard), issued this final rule to amend provisions of its previously issued final rule, to allow for greater participation in the TWIC program and codify final fees to obtain a TWIC.
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the United States Coast Guard (Coast Guard), issues this final rule to extend compliance dates for the redesignation of secure areas. The Coast Guard is delaying the date by which facilities wishing to redefine their secure areas must submit an amendment to their facility security plan. Amendments to facility security plans are now due by September 4, 2007.
 03/26/07 Federal Register - TWIC Final Rule CorrectionsFed Reg (Text) Fed Reg (PDF) 03/20/07 Federal Register - Rule Establish Standard TWIC User FeeFull Rule 03/19/07 Federal Register Confirmation of Effective Date
The Coast Guard issued a confirmation of effective date; approval of new Collection of Information (COI) requiring vessel and facility owners and operators wishing to grant unescorted access to a new hire prior to receipt of a TWIC to enter the new employee information into a CG owned and maintained web site. 03/16/07 Federal Register - Request for Comments
The Coast Guard announced the availability of a draft Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) biometric reader specification and a draft TWIC contactless smart card application. These draft documents have been recommended to the Coast Guard by the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee. The CG requests your comments on these draft recommended specifications, and on specific questions found at the end of the notice. Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before March 30, 2007.
With this final rule, the Coast Guard amends its regulations on vessel and facility security to require the use of the TWIC as an access control measure. The Coast Guard also amends its merchant mariner regulations to incorporate the requirement to obtain a TWIC. This final rule does not include the card reader requirements for owners and operators set forth in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in this matter on May 22, 2006. Such requirements will be addressed in a future rulemaking. Although the card reader requirements are not being implemented at this time, the Coast Guard will institute periodic unannounced checks to confirm the identity of the holder of the TWIC. 1/25/07 Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Consolidation of Merchant Mariner Qualification Credentials
The Coast Guard issued this Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) for the Consolidation of Merchant Mariner Qualification Credentials rulemaking project to amend its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in May 2006. The purpose of this SNPRM is to address comments received from the public on the NPRM, revise the proposed rule based on those comments, and provide the public with an additional opportunity to comment on the proposed revisions. This revised proposed rule would work in tandem with the joint final rule published by the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published elsewhere in today's Federal Register entitled ``Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Implementation in the Maritime Sector; Hazardous Materials Endorsement for a Commercial Driver's License''. Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before April 25, 2007. 1/10/07 TWIC DRAFT NVIC For Comment
USCG issued a DRAFT Navigation and Vessel Inspection guidance for the implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program in the maritime sector.
10/23/06 GAO Report on TWIC: DHS Should Address Key Challenges before Implementing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program
DHS and industry stakeholders face three major challenges in addressing problems identified during TWIC program testing and ensuring that key components of the TWIC program can work effectively in the maritime sector. • Enrolling workers and issuing TWIC cards in a timely manner to a significantly larger population of workers than was done during testing of the TWIC program. • Ensuring that the TWIC technology, such as biometric card readers, works effectively in the maritime sector. TSA has obtained limited information on the use of biometric readers in the maritime sector because most facilities that tested the TWIC program did not use these types of readers. • Balancing the added security components of the TWIC program with the potential impact that the program could have on the flow of maritime commerce. 08/21/06 TWIC Proposed Rule; Notice of CommentFrom the Federal Register: August 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 161) Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
Implementation in the Maritime Sector; Hazardous Materials Endorsement
for a Commercial Driver's License 06/16/06 Maritime Exchange TWIC Comments on TSA and USCG DocketsMaritime Exchange Comments to TSA Docket TSA-2006-24191 Maritime Exchange Comments to USCG Docket USGC-2006-24196 06/12/06 Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) UpdatesTWIC Overview Brief 2.0 May 2006 (PDF) Potential List of Enrollment Centers (PDF) TWIC FAQ (PDF) 06/02/06 TWIC and Consolidation of Merchant Mariners Qualification Credentials Public Meeting PresentationDownload Presentation 06/01/06 Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and Consolidation of Merchant Mariners Qualification Credentials GuidelinesDownload Guide 05/22/06 TWIC Implementation in
the Maritime Sector; Hazardous
Materials Endorsement for a
Commercial Driver’s License
This is a notice of proposed
rulemaking by the Department of
Homeland Security, specifically by the
Transportation Security Administration
and the United States Coast Guard. If
promulgated, this rule would
implement the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program in the
maritime sector. Under this program,
merchant mariners holding an active
License, Merchant Mariner Document,
or Certificate of Registry and workers
who require unescorted access to secure
areas at maritime facilities or on vessels
must undergo a security threat
assessment, and, if found to not pose a
security threat, obtain a transportation
Worker Identification Credential.
Persons without Transportation Worker
Identification Credentials will not be
granted unescorted access to secure
areas at affected maritime facilities or on
vessels. 05/10/06 DHS Issues Proposed Rulemakings for Transportation Worker Identification Credential and Merchant Mariner Credential
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard
today took another step toward the implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential
(TWIC) by approving proposed regulations for a biometric-based identification credential for port
workers. The notice of proposed rulemaking will be published in the Federal Register in the coming days
and lays out specific details on the program. The public will have forty-five days to comment and four 04/28/06 Coast Guard Issued Notice of Acceptable Identification CredentialsFull Notice 04/05/06 National Maritime Security Advisory Council Credentialing Work GroupMinutes of February 23, 2006 Teleconference The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) Credentialing Work Group (CWG) met via teleconference on 23 February 2006, to get updated on the regulations being written by the Coast Guard (CG) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regarding the development of a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC) for the maritime sector. Executive Director, Captain Frank Sturm, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. The minutes are a synopsis of the teleconference. 02/09/06 TSA/TWIC Open Issues(Download as PDF) 05/06/05 National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) Approves TWIC Recommendations(Download as PDF) 03/29/05 TWIC Sponsorship Information
December 2004 GAO Report: Better Planning Needed to Develop and Operate Maritime Worker Identification Card Program (Download as PDF) TWIC Stakeholder Brief X3.4 July 04 (Download as PDF) |