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Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act : ウィキペディア英語版 | Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act
The Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act () is a bill that would direct the United States Department of Homeland Security to assess the effectiveness of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program.〔 The bill would require an independent assessment of how well the TWIC program improves security and reduces risks at the facilities and vessels it is responsible for. The evaluation would include a cost-benefit analysis and information on alternate technologies that could be used. The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. ==Background== (詳細はTransportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard initiative in the United States. The TWIC program provides a tamper-resistant biometric credential to maritime workers requiring unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities, outer continental shelf facilities, and vessels regulated under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, or MTSA, and all U.S. Coast Guard credentialed merchant mariners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tsa.gov/stakeholders/frequently-asked-questions-0 )〕 As of May 2014, there were 2,999,058 people enrolled in the program. Critics assert that the program has cost over $420 million and has little to show for it.〔 http://www.marinelink.com/news/maritime-security-useless344893.aspx〕〔 http://www.workboat.com/blogpost.aspx?id=15526〕 A 2013 GAO report found the TWIC card reader pilot program results to be unreliable and questioned "the program's premise and effectiveness in enhancing security." Rep. John Mica (R-FL) has called them "at best no more useful than library cards.〔 http://www.foleyservices.com/news/twic-about-as-useful-as-a-library-card-claims-congressman/〕
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