HSPD-12 mandated ID cards will be ready for new federal employees by October

By Marisa Torrieri, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publishing

Come mid-Autumn all new federal employees can expect to be issued a state-of-the-art smart card capable of granting secure access to designated buildings and services.

However, it may be several years before every single existing federal employee gets new powerful plastic with standardized high-security specs, say the agencies in charge of developing the card in accordance with the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12).