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Transportation Worker ID Credential (TWIC) | ||||
| By July of 2004, the US Department of Transportation is
scheduled to require transportation workers needing unescorted access
to secure areas to carry a Transportation Worker Identification Credential
(TWIC). Estimates cite 12-15 million American workers being affected
by the TWIC requirement. The TWIC standard calls for a criminal background
check on each individual receiving a credential and a biometric component
as part of the access system. The likelihood is extremely high that TWIC
will be a hybrid card, and will include the chip used on smart cards.
The US government – in order to allow for a range of providers for TWICs – has
established a Government Smart Card Interoperability Standard (GSC-IS),
to help ensure credentials will work between various access systems.
TWIC vendors will have to be certified by the government to issue the
credential. The international maritime community wants a similar credential
for mariners working throughout multiple countries’ waters. Xplora has
been designed to meet all the interoperability standards and requirements
of TWIC – providing secure user identification – with the ability to
piggyback all of Xplora’s features and benefits onto the required card. For more information on TWIC, see the Transportation Security Administration Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Stakeholder Brief at: http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/TWICwebsplash.pdf |
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