This story appears in the Feb. 25 print edition of Transport Topics. Two years after it was first announced, the federal government has begun a full rollout of its plan to provide high-tech, secure ...

The Transportation Security Administration met the deadline for 93 percent of its Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) enrollees, but the agency should apply more best practices to ...

In accordance with law, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are required to take actions to improve the Transportation Worker Identification ...

The Transportation Security Administration announced recently it is reducing the fees associated with obtaining a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and a Hazardous Materials ...

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarrod Bohler (MST3) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Justin Biss (MST3) talk with a truck driver about his transportation worker identification credential as he attempts to enter ...

TransCore, a unit of Roper Industries, announced Thursday, Jan. 8, that its TWIC handheld reader – developed in conjunction with DAP Technologies, a Roper Industries company that produces ruggedized ...

This story appears in the Feb. 2 print edition of Transport Topics. The cost of obtaining a Transportation Worker Identification Credential has been slightly reduced, but applicants still face lengthy ...

The Transportation Security Administration started evaluating specific technologies for a transportation worker identification card this week. The technology evaluation pilot, started July 9 on the ...

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 ...

On October 16, port workers, longshoremen, truckers and others at the port of Wilmington, Del., will become the first workers in the nation to enroll in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is apparently moving ahead with plans to start issuing new smart-card identity credentials to more than 750,000 port workers starting in March, despite ...

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would streamline the TSA's background check program for commercial carriers. Senate Bill 3959, the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024, ...