NMSAC Meeting Set for January 18-19, 2012

Posted on January 6, 2012 by John C. W. Bennett

UPDATE, 1/9/12:  The Meeting Notice has been published at 77 Federal Register page 1076 and is also available online. A meeting of the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) will be held in Arlington, VA, on January 18th and 19th, … Continue reading →

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USCG Issues Interim Policy for STCW Compliance

Posted on January 3, 2012 by John C. W. Bennett

UPDATE, 1/4/12:  The Notice of Policy has been published at 77 Federal Register page 232 and is also available online. The US Coast Guard has issued a Notice of Policy that is slated for publication in the Federal Register on … Continue reading →

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ANPRM Reducing TWIC Requirements Clears OMB Review

Posted on December 16, 2011 by John C. W. Bennett

The USCG Coast Guard’s proposed rulemaking on revisions to Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Requirements for Mariners has cleared the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) regulatory review process.  The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) and should be published in … Continue reading →

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UK Overhauls Counter-Piracy Guidance, Allows Some Armed Guards

Posted on December 7, 2011 by John C. W. Bennett

  On December 6th the UK Department for Transport (DfT) posted on its website two documents providing guidance for UK-flagged vessels on countering piracy and armed robbery against ships.  They include guidance allowing the use of armed guards against Somali … Continue reading →

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Some TWICs Won’t Work in Readers

Posted on December 5, 2011 by John C. W. Bennett

Some 26,000 Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWICs) may be rejected by TWIC reader machines because of defective encoding.  At some point recently, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) posted on the “Latest News” portion of its TWIC website that some previously … Continue reading →

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Second Chance to Comment on USCG’s Proposed STCW Regulations

Posted on November 25, 2011 by John C. W. Bennett

If you weren’t able to comment before the September 30 deadline on the US Coast Guard’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) on implementing STCW Convention and Code amendments and changes to domestic merchant marine endorsements, you have a second … Continue reading →

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NMSAC Hears Working Group Report on CDC Strategy

Posted on November 15, 2011 by John C. W. Bennett

NMSAC Hears Working Group Report on CDC Strategy   The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) convened by teleconference on November 15th to hear a report of a working group on the US Coast Guard’s Draft Certain Dangerous Cargo (CDC) … Continue reading →

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CUI Program Update

Posted on November 14, 2011 by John C. W. Bennett

Ten days after posting its initial version of the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) registry on its website, as previously reported, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has issued a press release announcing the establishment of the publicly available registry.  … Continue reading →

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Sensitive Security Information in the New CUI World

Posted on November 7, 2011 by John C. W. Bennett

?On November 4th, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) posted a Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Registry on its website.  The Registry is designed to list the categories of information that federal agencies are authorized to use to safeguard sensitive … Continue reading →

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USCG Moves to Implement Law Exempting Some Mariners from TWIC

Posted on October 19, 2011 by John C. W. Bennett

The Coast Guard has drafted a regulatory proposal revising Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) requirements for mariners.  It’s most likely designed to implement section 809 of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, but details are sparse at this point. … Continue reading →

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