Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12
(HSPD-12)
On August 27, 2004, President Bush signed Homeland
Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12),
Policy for a Common Identification Standard
for Federal Employees and Contractors. Based
upon this directive, the National Institute
for Standards and Technology (NIST) developed
Federal
Information Processing Standards Publication
(FIPS Pub) 201, including a description
of the minimum requirements for a Federal personal
identification verification (PIV). HSPD-12 directs
the implementation of a new standardized badging
process, which is designed to enhance security,
reduce identity fraud, and protect personal
privacy by establishing a mandatory, Government-wide
standard for secure and reliable forms of identification
issued by the Federal Government to its employees,
contractors, and other classes of individuals.
The Department of Energy (DOE) began implementing
the HSPD-12 program on October 27, 2005.
This policy will mean major changes in the
issuance of the DOE Standard Badge. Only those
individuals who meet the minimum requirements
under the PIV process will be issued the DOE
Common Badge or the follow-on HSPD-12 Standard
Badge. All other individuals will be issued
a local site badge that will only be valid for
access to the issuing site.
Along with this new process are new requirements:
- Everyone issued a DOE Standard Badge must
have a favorable background investigation
(NACI), including an FBI fingerprint check.
- All personnel must be "identity-proofed,"
that is, they must present two forms of identification
(I-9 Documents), one of which must include
a photo.
- No one person can be the sole official who
requests, authorizes, and issues a badge.
The PIV process contains critical roles associated
with identity proofing, registration, and credential
issuance. They are: the Applicant, the Sponsor,
the Registrar, and the Issuer. These roles may
be ancillary roles assigned to personnel who
have other primary duties.
Each PIV role and its corresponding responsibilities
are listed below. The following roles shall
be employed for the PIV identity proofing, registration,
and issuance process:
- Applicant:
The Applicant is the individual to whom a
DOE Standard Badge (PIV credential) is to
be issued.
- Sponsor:
The Sponsor is the individual who substantiates
the need for a DOE Standard Badge (PIV credential)
to be issued to the Applicant, and is the
federal authority that requests a DOE Standard
Badge (PIV credential) for the Applicant.
Sponsors are responsible Federal officials,
to include supervisors, managers, Contracting
Officer Representatives, Administrative Officers,
Human Resources or Security Specialists, or
similar level positions.
- Enrollment Official:
The enrollment official collects all the applicable
forms and data on an individual, to include
verifying I-9 documents, and submits the package
to the Registrar. These duties may be performed
by the local badging office at DOE sites.
- Registrar:
The Registrar is responsible
for the identity proofing of the Applicant
and coordinating the NACI or other BI activities.
One or more individuals may perform the Registrar
role. The Registrar provides the final approval
for issuance of a credential to the Applicant.
- Issuer:
At the time of PIV Card issuance,
the Issuer confirms the Applicant's identification
source documents, which must be a State- or
Federal-issued ID in original form (not copies),
one of which must include a photo, as defined
in FIPS 201. The Issuer issues the credential
(ID badge) to the Applicant, obtaining a signature
from the Applicant attesting to the acceptance
of the credential and related responsibilities.
Within DOE these duties are typically performed
at a site badging office within the local
security organization.
DOE has implemented the PIV process in DOE
Notice 206.3, "Personal Identity Verification."
Although this new program will mean significant
changes throughout the Department of Energy
and the Federal Government, it will mean a safer
and more secure work environment for us all.
This
page was last updated on
November 26, 2007
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