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US Government Begins Transportation Worker ID Program

Ending a three-month delay, the Transportation Workers Identification Credential program is ready to begin enrollments of port workers on Oct. 16, the Homeland Security Department announced Thursday. The department�s Transportation Security Administration released a schedule of enrollments for 750,000 port workers at various ports, beginning with Wilmington, Del., on Oct. 16 and extending to 11 other ports.

TSA begins port worker ID enrollments, Washington Technology, October 5, 2007.