Identity Policy and Practices (IPP)

GSA provides tools and analysis to support government agencies in providing electronic service technology to businesses, other government customers and citizens. GSA provides system-wide surveillance of trust and privacy and support for initiative risk analysis and credentials. IPP develops uniform criteria standards to insure interoperability of vendor equipment. IPP provides system-wide policy, privacy, trust and interoperable standards for various levels of credential assurance.

Government agencies benefit from replacing current stove-piped authentication systems with a common unified authentication service. Governmentwide agencies will install their system as part of a federated system. Each agency benefits from development of a complete enterprise architecture system with vendors with interoperable products.

IPP includes Identity Management, the E-Authentication Initiative, the Federal Identity and Credentialing Committee, the Federal PKI Architecture, and the Federal PKI Policy Authority

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GOVERNMENT LINKS

• E-Authentication Website