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New USDA Federal Employees

To register for an eAuthentication account with level 2 access, you will need to receive a Registration email. If you are a newly hired USDA Federal employee and have received a registration email, do the following:

  1. Open the registration email.
    This email was sent to the email address that you provided to your
    Agency Registration Lead (ARL).

  2. Click on the link in the email.
    This link will open your browser window and navigate to the Activate Your Employee Account page.

  3. Input the information requested.

  4. Follow the remaining steps as instructed.

Existing USDA Employees
To register for an eAuthentication Employee account with Level 2 access, you will need to receive a Registration email. If you have not received this email, or no lonnger have this email, do the following:

  1. Contact an Agency Registration Lead for your agency.
    Click on the link below to display a list of ARLs.
    http://www.eauth.egov.usda.gov/AgencyRegistrationLeads.html

  2. Provide the ARL with an email address.
    The ARL will confirm your email address, or if none exists, you will need to provide them a valid personal or government issued email address.

  3. Wait up to 24 hours for the registration email to arrive.
    All updates to emails are batch processed; therefore, it may take up to 24 hours for this email to arrive

    Note: If you do not receive the Registration email, check your "junk" folder, as some email applications may incorrectly place this email there. If you have questions regarding how to do this, contact the ITS Service Desk at eAuthHelpDesk@ftc.usda.gov or
    call 800-457-3642.

  4. Follow the steps under "New USDA Employees" above.
 
       
       
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