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Agencies, industry ramp up HSPD-12 efforts
BY Wade-Hahn Chan
Published on Aug. 25, 2006
With the Oct. 27 compliance deadline only two months away, late August has seen a flurry of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 activity.
Agencies have recently begun soliciting large orders of personal identity verification cards to comply with the mandate. For example:
Joining XTEC and Lockheed Martin with GSA's approval is SI International, which became an approved HSPD-12 service provider Aug. 24. Previously, SI had created identification cards for the Transportation Security Administration and the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services Integrated Card Production service. It also established a badge and biometric system for the Multi-National Task Force in Iraq.
Also putting its hat into the ring of HSPD-12 one-stop shops is the HSPD-12/FIPS201 Convergence Team, led by Alternative Technology, Novell, AEP Networks and Precise Biometrics. The team offers agencies all aspects of HSPD-12 compliance. Last July, a similar group, the HSPD-12 Interoperability Consortium, was formed by SafeNet, Consul Risk Management, CoreStreet, Entrust, Forum Systems, Precise Biometrics, Probaris Technologies, Intercede and Omnikey.
