Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Deadline day for HSPD-12

Monday, October 27, 2008

It’s deadline day. More than four years ago HSPD-12 mandated that government agencies issue secure credentials to government employees on Oct. 27, 2008. While all government employees will not have the credentials by the end of business progress has been made, says Mike Butler, program manager for the managed service office at the General Services Administration, though he is hesitant to estimate how many credentials will be out there. “Not everybody will be done, but everybody did get the message and they are working on it, the numbers will show that,” he says. “I know they’re out there because when I get on the Metro you can see the cards hanging on people’s necks.”

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