UPDATE: The US Coast Guard Notice referred to below was published on April 5th at 76 Federal Register 18771 and PSA 02-11 has been posted on Homeport and may be accessed as described below. Original Post:

The Agenda for the meeting of the Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC), set for next week has been made available. The meeting will be cancelled, however, if Congress doesn’t provide funds to operate the US Government past tomorrow night.

The US Government having been kept in business for another week, the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) started a two-day meeting on April 12th. The agenda previously discussed was modified such that the day started with the discussion of Seafarer Access Shore Leave Policy

The GAO reported that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been allowing approved applicants to designate the enrollment center for the activation and issuance of their TWICs since February 2009. Modifications to TSA systems

At 7:10 this morning, the Secretary of Homeland Security blogged that DHS had taken “another major step forward” in “strengthening our country’s defenses by getting all stakeholders – including the public – the information and resources they need in order to play their part in helping

Mariners’ Second Amendment Rights The final item considered in public by NMSAC on the first day of the meeting was a presentation on US seamen’s Second Amendment rights delivered by mariner Donald Hamrick. Mr. Hamrick started by distributing copies of an anti-TWIC

This is the third post covering the most recent meeting of the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC). The first post dealt with briefings and discussions on Seafarer Access to Shore, CDC Security, and the TWIC Program.