As part of a multilayered effort to strengthen port security, the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) of 2002 calls for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue a worker identification card that uses biological metrics, such as fingerprints, to control access to secure areas of ports or ships. Charged with the responsibility for developing this card, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), within DHS, initially planned to issue a Transportation Worker Identification Credential in August 2004 to about 6 million maritime workers. GAO assessed what factors limited TSAs ability to meet its August 2004 target date for issuing cards and what challenges remain for TSA to implement the card.
Port Security. Better Planning Needed to Develop and Operate Maritime Worker Identification Card Program
2004
32 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Marine & Waterway Transportation , Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Behavior & Society , Identification systems , Access control , Ports(Facilities) , National security , Biometrics , Terrorism , Personnel management , TSA(Transportation Security Administration) , Transportation Security Administration , MTSA(Maritime Transportation Security Act) , DHS(Department of Homeland Security) , Identification cards , Homeland security
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