TSA has posted an update to the issue concerning persons with last names of more than 14 characters who have enrolled for a TWIC. The take-away for FSOs is, "TSA is exploring ways to print the full last name on the card regardless of the number of characters. Security personnel should be aware that some TWIC holders will have authentic cards although their full last name, as printed on the card, may be truncated."
(Off topic: I made a request to John Schwartz that updated and new items on this website be posted with a date so we can figure out what was posted when. He advised that that was already being considered. I see that they are still considering it.)
Truncated Last Name on TWIC Card: TWIC cards issued since May 2014 truncated the number of characters printed on cards for individuals with long last names. Version 2.3 TWIC® cards printed prior to 12/12/2014 printed only the first 14 characters of a person’s last name. The number of characters includes spaces, hyphens, and apostrophes in the person’s last name. The printed last name is always followed by a comma. If a person’s last name exceeds 14 characters, all characters after the 14th are not printed. A comma follows immediately after the 14th character.
Version 2.3 TWIC cards printed on or later than 12/12/2014 are printed with a maximum of last name 19 characters, followed by a comma.
Despite the limited space available on the card, TSA is exploring ways to print the full last name on the card regardless of the number of characters. Security personnel should be aware that some TWIC holders will have authentic cards although their full last name, as printed on the card, may be truncated.
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