News from the Fourteenth District

HONORED HERO -- Sally Skimin, wife of the late U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Skimin, accepts a posthumous bachelor's degree in political science from Chatt G. Wright, president of Hawaii Pacific University, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. Skimin and three other Air Station Barbers Point crewmembers died after their rescue helicopter crashed five miles south of Honolulu International Airport, Sept. 4, 2008. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Fireman Ross Ruddell)

TRANSPORTATION WORKERS IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL (TWIC) PROCESS Deadline for port workers in Hawaii, American Samoa is Feb. 12, 2009 [TWIC] Many port workers in Hawaii and American Samoa must have a Transportation Workers Identification Credential by Feb. 12, 2009. The cards are being issued by the Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard will be responsible for enforcement. Read a fact sheet about compliance here or see a photo of the the Coast Guard commandant applying for his card here.