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Coast Guard publishes updated Covid-19-related exemptions to TWIC requirements

The Transportation Security Administration is updating the design of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential. Coast Guard image.

The Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy has published Marine Safety Information Bulletin 13-20 – (Change 1) “Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Operations – Change 1” to update temporary exemptions to credential expirations related to Covid-19. Changes to the MSIB are reflected below.

Updated enforcement date due to Covid-19:

TWIC Readers – the Coast Guard is not changing or delaying the TWIC Reader Rule implementation date of June 7, 2020, for facilities...

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New air cargo security standards could gum up e-commerce exports

A large jet gets loaded with pallets of cargo under a cloudy sky. Air cargo security rules are tightening in the next year.

The U.S. supply chain industry appears divided over how the government should implement new international security standards for cargo carried on freighter aircraft and whether certain exporters get special treatment to minimize associated cost increases.

Some worry there could be shipping delays if the Transportation Security Administration doesn’t figure out a plan well before the standards take effect July 1.

At issue is whether the TSA will recognize the security controls of e-commerce...

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TSA names industry members to aviation security committee

Travelers in line at a TSA airport checkpoint.

The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday announced the addition of four private citizens to its Aviation Security Advisory Committee and the reappointment of 15 members.

The ASAC is a congressionally mandated committee of industry stakeholders that advises the agency on aviation security policies, programs, rulemakings and directives. The standard term is two years, with members serving staggered terms to ensure continuity.

The new ASAC members are:

  • Alexander Rodriguez, director of...

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TWIC expiration dates extended six months

The Transportation Security Administration has updated the design of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential. TSA image.

Today, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that all Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWICs) that expired on or after March 1, 2020, would have their expiration dates extended by 180 days. This exemption took effect on April 10, 2020, and will remain in effect through July 31, 2020.

The Federal Register notice said that “there are 2,294,797 active TWICs in circulation today, and TSA records indicate that 234,536, or approximately 10%, will expire in the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/twic-expiration-dates-extended-six-months/

DOJ releases report of FBI’s management of maritime terrorism threats

Coast Guard crewmembers aboard a 25’ response boat–small enforce a security zone surrounding Washington, D.C. for the 58th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 19, 2017. USCG photo.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General has released an audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s management of maritime terrorism threats.

In the redacted report’s executive summary, the DOJ’s OIG said that “although FBI officials told us they consider the terrorism threat to the maritime domain to be low, we believe this assessment is based on incomplete and potentially inadequate information. Our review determined that the FBI does not conduct Its own, formal...

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