The New ID Badge
The process for obtaining an HHS ID badge, called Personal Identity Verification (PIV), includes the steps taken to request your badge, verify your identity, and register, issue and maintain your badge. To obtain a badge, your personal identity must be verified in accordance with HSPD-12 PIV requirements. All Federal employees, contractors, Commissioned Corps Officers, and other organizational affiliates who require access to government facilities or information systems are required to have an ID badge that:
- Is issued based on sound criteria for verifying an individual’s identity
- Is strongly resistant to identity fraud, tampering, counterfeiting and terrorist exploitation
- Can be rapidly authenticated electronically
- Is only issued by providers whose reliability has been established.
