In 2007, the unemployment rate of young black high school graduates was 33.0 percent. It continued on a general upward trend until 2011, when it was 48.9 percent, and continued creeping up, to 49.1 percent over the last year.
twic card cost and renewal. It costs $128 for a five-year registration, but you may be able to pay only $105.25 if you have already gone through the STA, have completed a background check, have a hazardous materials endorsement or a Free and Secure Trade card.
Ms. Rooney also had something to say about the card readers themselves. She stated that during a recent deployment of the technology, the TWIC card readers had a false rejection rate of close to 10%. This is in contrast to the 1% false rejection rate that was considered acceptable. In addition, the program as a whole has already cost some $420 million dollars, and no end is in sight.