SMART DATA (Archive)
Contact: GSA/Office of Electronic Government, FPKI Webmaster.
As of February 2, 2004 the Survey of Federal Smart Card Projects called SmartData has
been updated to reflect the inputs from the Federal Smart Card Project Managers, and their information
technology service providers. In order to make the survey more useful, it has been divided
between Current and
Archived Smart Card Projects. The Current Projects
are those which are on-going either in Planning, or as Pilot or Operational Projects. Archived Smart Card
Projects are those projects that have been completed, but are of interest historically. In addition, there
are several projects currently in process of being surveyed, which will be added to this website as the
survey is completed.
A great deal of effort has been placed into making sure this information is correct,
but GSA and the Federal Smart Card Project Managers are dedicated to making and keeping this information
accurate. If you know of projects that are not represented here, or information that is incorrect, please
contact the FPKI Webmaster.
As part of the GSA smart card initiatives, the Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP)
attempts to identify various smart card projects and applications pursued by the Federal agencies to make
the Government function more efficiently. This database is the result of the GSA Office of Government
Policy 's initial survey of the Federal agencies originally conducted in July 1998, updated most recently
in January 2004. The purpose of this database is for information sharing, identifying areas of interest,
and sharing technology to promote the advancement of smart card projects among Federal agencies. Agency
representatives should note that the smart card project and application in this database will be made
available to individual project or application personnel for online updating.
We hope you will find this information useful and easy to use. It has been designed to
give you quick access to an entire project overview at a glance. We are in the process of making sure
that the SmartData portion of the website is 508 compliant. Please contact the FPKI Webmaster if you have any accessibility issues in the meantime. Thank you.
The following definitions are used to distinguish smart card project from
smart card application.
- A smart card project is defined as a development/implementation effort,
within a Government agency.
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A smart card application is defined as a subset of a smart card project
addressed to one area of concern.
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | AF |
| Organization | Air Force Hulbert Field FL |
| Project Number | 1 |
| Location | Hulbert Field, Florida, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho |
| Project Name | Deployment Personnel Accountability Readiness Tool (DPART), Commando Card |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | MAXIMUS(3GI) |
| Card Technologies Used | 8K Chip, Bar code |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| The purpose of the Deployment Personnel Accountability and Readiness Tool (DPART) is to integrate disparate, stove-piped personal deployment readiness information for Air Expedentiary Force (AEF) deployments via a distributed, web-based environment. Personal information will be placed on a smart card and interface with a central readiness database. DPART is being tested in an eighteen month pilot program with cooperation from the Air Expeditionary Force Battelelab at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho and the Department of Defense Smartcard Technology Office. The cards, called Commando cards, have been issued to the 16th Special Operations Wing and tenant units involved in the mobility process at Hulbert Field, Florida. The Commando Card is used to make a large number of programs paperless. The combination of a bar code and chip streamlines the mobility process, easing the creation of manifests, verifying training requirements and medical records and reducing the manual processing associated with the frequent mobilizations at Hulbert. The card can also store information for use in logistics, security forces and for work center managers. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | AF |
| Organization | Air Force ID Card Service-wide |
| Project Number | 2 |
| Location | Service-wide |
| Project Name | U.S. Air Force Identification Card |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | |
| Card Technologies Used | Chip, Magnetic stripe, Bar code |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| The U.S. Air Force plans to issue approximately 700,000 new identification cards using smart card technology in December 2000. It has not yet been determined what applications, other than identification, the card will be used for. However the Air Force is studying the use of smart cards for physical and logical access, stored value and record keeping. It is predicted that by mid-2002 all active duty members will have smart cards.
As of June 2001 the CAC card is no longer being issued. The currently issued cards are still however, being used. Continuing card issuance is currently pending. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | AF |
| Organization | Air Force Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio TX |
| Project Number | 3 |
| Location | Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas |
| Project Name | Lackland Air Force Base (AFB) Recruit Card |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | Gemplus, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Hypercom |
| Card Technologies Used | Gemplus 271 card |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| This pilot, launched July 2, 1998, issued Visa Cash cards to recruits arriving for training at Lackland Air Force Base. Recruits are issued a smart card as they arrive that confirms their arrival, completes their registration and disburses $250 as an initial pay advance. The stored value can be used to pay for goods and services at the barber, post exchange, dry cleaners, phone center, on-post banks and credit unions and to make donations to the post chaplain. Nations Bank expects to issue approximately 40,000 cards per year to recruits at Lackland Air Force Base. The program changed in 2002 from Visa Cash to Gemplus 271 card using FRB SmartCity platform and was consolidated into the Ezpay Card. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Army |
| Organization | Army Bosnia |
| Project Number | 4 |
| Location | Bosnia/Fort Polk, LA |
| Project Name | Bosnia/Fort Polk Army Multiple Application Smart Card |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | |
| Card Technologies Used | Chip |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| The Second Armored Calvary Regiment tested the Multiple Application Smart Card during its 1998 redeployment from Bosnia to its home base at Fort Polk, Louisiana. The unit was issued 2500 cards as part of a deployment exercise during the Summer of 1998. Five applications were embedded and tested on the card, including Personnel Tracking, Access Control, Manifesting, Joint Reception, and an In-Theater Database for the Joint Task Force Commander.
The primary purpose of the Bosnia demonstration was to have In-Transit Visibility of soldiers moving from port of debarkation to port of embarkation. This demonstration supported the operational and administrative objectives of the mission and, most importantly, showed firm support for warfighter capability. Overall, the card increased efficiency and significantly reduced processing time. This project was absorbed into the CAC. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Army |
| Organization | Army Eskan Village Saudi Arabia |
| Project Number | 5 |
| Location | Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia |
| Project Name | Army Saudi Arabia Smart Card |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | MAXIMUS(3GI) |
| Card Technologies Used | 8K chip card, Bar code, Photo |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| On March 17, 2000 the 320th Air Expedentiary Group Personnel Support for Contingency Operations unit and the Army Central Command-Saudi Arabia personnel office issued more than 1,300 smart cards to U.S. forces deployed at Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia. The card was used to improve head-count accuracy at the Mirage Dining Facility, which previously used a paper sign-in system. The Air Force and Army issued smart cards to their own personnel and planned to integrate with the DoD CAC once implemented. Other capabilities of the card included: access control, manifesting and medical and personnel record keeping meant that the card could potentially be used for more than food service. The card was proposed to be issued at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia but was not implemented. As of January 2001, the card is no longer in use. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Army |
| Organization | Army Fort Leonard Wood MO |
| Project Number | 7 |
| Location | Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri |
| Project Name | Fort Leonard Wood Campus Card |
| Contact | Barrett, Melody |
| Phone | 202.874.6740 |
| E mail | melody.barrett@fms.treas.gov |
| Private Sector Partners | Gemplus, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Hypercom |
| Card Technologies Used | Gemplus 271 card |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| This pilot program was launched in May 1997 when smart cards were issued to approximately 28,000 Army recruits. The card is used as an electronic purse to issue cash advances to recruits. In the past the recruits were given cash. By eliminating the need for currency the Department of Defense hopes to reduce its cash handling costs. The recruits use the card to make purchase on base at locations equipped with card reader terminals. In 2002 the program changed from a Visa Cash card to Gemplus 271 card using FRB SmartCity platform.This project was consolidated into the Ezpay card. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Army |
| Organization | Army Fort Sill OK |
| Project Number | 8 |
| Location | Fort Sill, Oklahoma |
| Project Name | Fort Sill Enhanced Stored Value Card |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | Gemplus, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Hypercom |
| Card Technologies Used | icc, signature, Gemplus 271 card |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| This one year pilot, launched on March 2, 1998, used smart card technology to pay soldiers at Fort Sill. The pilot also aimed to provide more secure and convenient access to funds and streamline the accounting process. Approximately 18,500 Army recruits in a seven-week basic training course at the base were issued cards used for $4 million in salary payments. The soldiers used the stored value card to make purchases from Army merchants. Recruits inserted their card into the point-of-sale terminal and place their index finger on the biometric sensor to verify identification and authorize the purchase. The Ft. Sill card was the first large-scale use of fingerprint biometrics for financial applications. In 2000 the program changed to a Visa Cash card with Bank of America. The program no longer uses biometrics. Then in 2002 the program changed to a Gemplus 271 card using FRB SmartCity platform. The pilot at Ft. Sill was consolidated into the Ezpay Card project. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | DOD |
| Organization | DOD Oahu HI |
| Project Number | 9 |
| Location | Tested in Oahu, Hawaii |
| Project Name | Multi-Technology Automated Reader Card (MARC) |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | MAXIMUS(3GI), Datacard, Gemplus, Syscon |
| Card Technologies Used | icc, bcd, mgs, photo |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | http://www.c3i.osd.mil/bpr/bprcd/4131/p19multi.htm |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| The 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii was chosen for the field test of the MARC card. An initial test was conducted in August of 1994. Then in October, 30,000 cards were issued to military personnel. Today the program has expanded to nearly 200,000 U.S. Navy, Marine and Army users. The card's applications include field medical documentation, mobility processing, manifesting, personnel accountability, health care and food service. The benefits of using the MARC card are demonstrated most clearly in the ease with which units in Hawaii are processed for deployment readiness. A process which normally took a day or more is now reduced to a matter of hours and military personnel no longer waste time waiting in line. Integrated into the CAC. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Marines |
| Organization | Marine Camp LeJeune NC |
| Project Number | 11 |
| Location | Marine Corps Air Station New River, Camp LeJeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina |
| Project Name | Marine Corps Smart Technologies Pilot |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | American Express, Groupe Bull |
| Card Technologies Used | 8K Contact chip, Magnetic stripe |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| 1,000 cards were issued to Marines at New River at the start of this pilot in September 1997. The pilot then expanded to include 1,000 additional Marines at Camp LeJeune. This project was implemented to improve the travel process, reduce administrative errors and costs, enhance readiness, improve food service, armory check-in/check-out, and property accountability. The card also has several commercial applications including a stored value application for personal funds, travel allowance storage and credit card capabilities. This project has been absorbed into the CAC. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Navy |
| Organization | Navy Great Lakes IL |
| Project Number | 13 |
| Location | Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois |
| Project Name | Smart Card Program National Training Center (NTC) Great Lakes |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | MAXIMUS(3GI), PTI/ICL |
| Card Technologies Used | |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | http://www.doncio.navy.mil/focusareas/smartcard/greatlakes.html |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| Upon reporting for recruit training, each recruit receives a smart card that contains basic demographic information issued by the local Defense Automated Printing Office. The recruits are also issued $200 written to the smart card electronic purse which is accessed with a PIN number and can be used for purchases at the Navy Exchange. The card is used for automated food service check-in, immunization records, drug screening, dental information and the physical exam process as well. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Navy |
| Organization | Navy GW Battle Group |
| Project Number | 14 |
| Location | George Washington Battle Group |
| Project Name | Atlantic Ships Smart Card Program |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | |
| Card Technologies Used | Chip |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | http://www.doncio.navy.mil/focusareas/smartcard/atlantic.html |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| Each ship in the battle group has implemented different smart card applications. The USS George Washington currently uses smart cards for morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR) issue and ATM-at-sea III. Additional applications including physical and logical access and tool control. The USS Normandy uses smart cards for service records check out and ATM-at-sea. Issue control capability is planned for the following: electrical tools, organizational gear, MWR equipment, computer video games and video equipment, classified material, IVCS headsets, library materials, weapons and berthing assignments. The USS Hawes has implemented smart cards for accountability for tool control, combat systems electronic gear, gas masks, classified publications, special clothing seabag stowage and weapons. Future accountability applications include service, medical and dental records. USS Briscoe uses smart cards for service records, test equipment and safety harness accountability. Future implementation will include tool and foul weather gear accountability, USS Simpson plans to implement cards for physical and logical access and service records control. USS Ashland uses smart cards for safety equipment and tools accountability and plans to expand to classified material, small arms, gear, personnel records and medical and dental information. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Navy |
| Organization | Navy Hawaii + Japan + USS Kitty Hawk |
| Project Number | 15 |
| Location | Hawaii, Japan, USS Kitty Hawk |
| Project Name | Pacific Multi-application Smart Card Project |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | MAXIMUS(3GI) |
| Card Technologies Used | chip, photo |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| The Pacific Multi-application Smart Card Project has been deployed at over thirty land and ship-based locations including: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan and the USS Kittyhawk. The card is comprised of over fifteen software applications, including physical and logical access control, medical rostering, electronic forms and electronic purse. The card is also used as a visual ID. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | DOD |
| Department | Navy |
| Organization | Navy Miramar CA |
| Project Number | 17 |
| Location | Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar, California |
| Project Name | Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar Smart Card Program |
| Contact | McIntire, Josh |
| Phone | 703.696.3799 |
| E mail | joshua.mcintire.ctr@osd.pentagon.mil |
| Private Sector Partners | Unknown |
| Card Technologies Used | Chip |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | http://www.doncio.navy.mil/focusareas/smartcard/sandiego.html |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| The smart card program at the Miramar Brig has two applications. The primary application is the centralized monitoring of staff, prisoners and visitor movement within the brig. This system is presently undergoing a three phase upgrade. The upgrade will provide an Application Program Interface (API) between the Correction Management Information System (CORMIS) and the Security Access System. Phase I was funded in FY99. Phases II, and III will add an additional 24 card readers and four more control nodes. The card is also used to control the issue of tools for jobs in the brig as well as recreation gear or any other materials requiring issue control. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | FED |
| Department | IND |
| Organization | GSA Presidential Inauguration DC |
| Project Number | 22 |
| Location | Washington, DC |
| Project Name | 1997 Presidential Inauguration Card |
| Contact | Hendricks, Daryl |
| Phone | 202.273.3623 |
| E mail | daryl.hendricks@gsa.gov |
| Private Sector Partners | MAXIMUS(3GI), Gemplus |
| Card Technologies Used | 2K & 3K contact chip, Magnetic stripe, Bar code |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| This project provided access control, housing, and telephone support to 3,000+ staff and visitors who were allowed access to the event. The applications included physical access for Federal employees and inaugural visitors to the Inauguration Committee Headquarters and inventory control of over one million dollars worth of communications equipment for portable communications during the 1997 presidential inauguration. The system was networked to allow security personnel to monitor movements within the facility and maintain ingress/egress rosters for secured areas. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | FED |
| Department | IND |
| Organization | GSA Willow Wood |
| Project Number | 23 |
| Location | Willow Wood Facility |
| Project Name | FTS Multi-Application Smart Card |
| Contact | Eck, Bill |
| Phone | 202.501.2830 |
| E mail | Bill.Eck@gsa.gov |
| Private Sector Partners | Citibank, IBM, Siemens |
| Card Technologies Used | 16K Java card, Magnetic stripe, Biometrics, Photo, Signature |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
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| GSA’s Federal Technology Service is conducting a pilot at the Willow Wood facility of various telecommunications technologies, office automation technologies and architectural strategies. The multi-application smart card platform is one of the three main components of the FTS pilot. To study the impact of moving from multiple single application cards to a single multi-application card, FTS employees at the Willow Wood Facility were issued smart cards during the Summer of 1999. As of December 1999, approximately 450 cards had been issued. The card applications include identification with picture and signature, physical access, logical access, property management, American Airlines electronic boarding pass, purchase card, travel card and Sprint calling card. Ongoing evaluation is being conducted to determine if the multi-application card and other innovative technologies can achieve the FTS goals of enhanced and cost effective service. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | FED |
| Department | IND |
| Organization | US AID |
| Project Number | 24 |
| Location | Armenia |
| Project Name | Smart Card System Electronic Payment System Implementation |
| Contact | Hampel, Victor |
| Phone | 703.465.7325 |
| E mail | vhampel@usaid.gov |
| Private Sector Partners | Central Bank of Armenia, Card Tech Limited |
| Card Technologies Used | |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | http://www.usaid.gov/am/pr10.html |
| Last Modified | 6/1/2001 |
| The purpose of this project is to create a smart card based national electronic payment system in Armenia. The activity is directed toward achieving USAID's goal of supporting the growth of the Armenian private sector and is aimed at strengthening the banking sector. This project is expected to increase the quality and sophistication of financial services in the Republic of Armenia. Creation of a payment system based on smart cards, as well as a processing system within it, will allow Armenian banks to issue, acquire, and process local and international cards.
USAID and the Central Bank of Armenia have assisted in the formation of ARCA (Armenian Card), a Unified Processing Center that will provide the Republic of Armenia with the technical infrastructure for the electronic payment system for debit and credit cards with the use of smart card technology.
In the early part of 2001 the payment system application is expected to be installed and equipment is expected to be procured and delivered. While the smart card project was originally welcomed the card met with a negative reaction and the porject has since been discontinued. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | FED |
| Department | VA |
| Organization | VA NYC NY |
| Project Number | 25 |
| Location | Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York City |
| Project Name | Bronx Stored Value/ID Badge |
| Contact | MacKenzie, Graham |
| Phone | 202.874.1845 |
| E mail | Graham.Mackenzie@fms.treas.gov |
| Private Sector Partners | Nations Bank, Schlumberger |
| Card Technologies Used | Visa Cash |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| The VA projects put an estimated 30,000 cards in the hands of patients, physicians, visitors, volunteers and employees of the VA facility in Bronx, to test the combined applications of ID badge and electronic purchases from vending machines, cash registers and terminals and cashless ATMs using Visa Cash. The stored value cards were accepted by the onsite Veterans Canteen Service which supplies food, clothing, other goods and vending services to all 172 VA hospitals. The pilot was terminated approximately a year after it began in 1999 due to low volumes of activity as well as operational and technical challenges. The pilot locations were the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York City and the James A. Haley Veteran’s Medical Center, Tampa, Florida |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | FED |
| Department | VA |
| Organization | VA Tampa FL |
| Project Number | 26 |
| Location | James A. Haley Veteran's Medical Center, Tampa, Florida |
| Project Name | Tampa Stored Value/ID Badge |
| Contact | MacKenzie, Graham |
| Phone | 202.874.1845 |
| E mail | Graham.Mackenzie@fms.treas.gov |
| Private Sector Partners | Nations Bank, Schlumberger |
| Card Technologies Used | Visa Cash |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
| Last Modified | 9/15/2003 |
| The second phase of this project was launched on November 24, 1997. The projects puts Visa Cash in the hands of patients, physicians, visitors, volunteers and employees of the VA facility in Tampa, FL to test the combined applications of ID badge and electronic purchases from vending machines, cash registers and terminals and cashless ATMs. |
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| File Status | Archive |
| Project Status | Completed |
| Govt Segment | FED |
| Department | VA |
| Organization | VA Agency-wide |
| Project Number | 40 |
| Location | VA-wide |
| Project Name | Veterans Administration (VA) Express Card |
| Contact | Catoe, Fred |
| Phone | 202.273.8122 |
| E mail | fred.catoe@mail.va.gov |
| Private Sector Partners | MAXIMUS |
| Card Technologies Used | Chip |
| Cards Issued through 2003 | |
| Cards Issued through 2004 | |
| Hyperlink | |
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| A formal pilot is being conducted to determine functional utility of the VA Express Card and the return on investment. The initial implementation is currently taking place at VA medical, benefits and cemetery facilities in Milwaukee and Iron Mountain. Cards were issued to approximately 40,000 veterans in this area during the week of February 19, 2001. The initial pilot, which would have deployed nearly 200,000 VA Express Cards in VISN 12, was determined to be larger than necessary.
The card will contain demographic, emergency, and eligibility data that can be available at VA and non-VA facilities, as well as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) keys for security. The project is aimed at implementing health card technology, evaluating the benefits of the functionality included on the card, evaluating the interfaces to existing systems, and evaluating the use of PKI keys to digitally sign electronic service delivery transactions.
The card was designed to accommodate G8 medical data elements in an effort to be interoperable across federal agencies. |
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