Federal audit knocks Coast Guard oversight of TWIC program

Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Fairchild, with the U.S. Coast Guard Incident Management Division, checks a port security guard's Transportation Worker Identification Credential  (TWIC) at Young Brothers in Honolulu. U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Luke Clayton

Numerous shortcomings in the Coast Guard’s handling of the Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC) program could jeopardize security at many high-risk maritime facilities, according to a new audit by the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General.

“The Coast Guard needs to improve its oversight of the TWIC program to reduce the risk of transportation security incidents,” according to the Sept. 28 audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) that was sent to Rear Adm. John...

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