By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday May 7, 2008 6:26:59 EDT
The Defense Department said it cannot meet a Jan. 1 deadline to craft a defensewide policy for allowing entry to installations and is asking for more time.
Congress has ordered standard access rules, including policies for who is allowed to enter and how visitors are screened, to be in place by the start of the 2009 calendar year, but Pentagon officials, citing a variety of hurdles, said they don’t expect to be ready until Oct. 1, 2012.
One problem: Some identity verification procedures require coordination with other federal agencies, such as special programs to identify truckers, electronic passport screening for foreign visitors, and Terrorist Watch List improvements, defense officials said in an April 25 notice to the House and Senate armed services committees.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/military_base_accessrules_050608w/
