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HSPD-12 Program Management OfficeGSA’s HSPD-12 Program Management Office (PMO) is responsible for coordinating and managing GSA efforts to comply with HSPD-12. The PMO developed the foundations necessary to utilize the Federal Acquisition Service Managed Services Office (MSO) enrollment centers effectively by streamlining and automating credentialing request data tracking, preparing data for bulk upload, updating the HSPD-12 Handbook and updating our communications efforts, to name a few. The HSPD-12 Project Management Office (PMO) has worked closely with HSPD-12 POCs and Regional Credentialing Officers to sponsor and distribute cards to GSA personnel. President George W. Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 12 (HSPD-12) on August 27, 2004. HSPD-12 is the policy for a common identification standard for federal employees and contractors. Its purpose is to enhance security, increase government efficiency, reduce identity fraud, and protect personal privacy by establishing a mandatory, governmentwide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification issued by the federal government to its employees and contractors. The Directive specified a secure and reliable standard that:
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) developed and defined the standard for the federal government in a document "Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors". The Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process was divided into two parts to help all federal agencies meet the deadlines to produce a standard identification badge for all employees and contractors.
Last Reviewed 4/10/2009
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