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TWIC Hearing In Washington Set For Thursday, 7/12 |
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 07:10 |
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a hearing on Thursday, July 12 at 10:00 AM on the TWIC rule. The Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2007 but implementation has been hampered by a number of production problems. The Government Accounting Office reported last September that lack of coordination with the maritime community was responsible for implementation delays.
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Lockheed Martin, the TWIC enrollment contractor, is concerned about educating maritime workers and maintaining an ambitious schedule for enrolling and conducting background checks on about three-quarters of a million industry workers. Additionally, issues regarding card readers have dogged the program. Thursday's hearing is an oversight hearing where some of these issues are expected to be discussed.
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