As the next October deadline for HSPD-12 nears, federal agencies are making progress in issuing credentials. The deadline requires all government employees to have background checks completed and credentials issued by Oct. 27.
As of Aug. 4 the General Services Administration’s Managed Service Office says more than 224,000 employees have been sponsored, 119,146 have been enrolled and more than 46,000 credentials have been activated.
Technical issues earlier in the year prevented agencies from sending employee data easily, said Steve Duncan, deputy director at the GSA MSO. “We are really moving now,” he said at the Interagency Advisory Board meeting in late July. “Sponsorships and enrollments are starting to peak.”
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