Electronic Government : Agencies Face Challenges in Implementing New Federal Employee Identification Standard

Many forms of ident. (ID) that fed. employees & contractors use to access gov't.-controlled bldgs. & info. systems can be easily forged, stolen, or altered to allow unauthorized access. In an effort to increase the quality & security of fed. ID & credentialing practices, the Pres. directed the establishment of a gov't.-wide standard -- Fed. Info. Processing Standard 201 -- for secure & reliable forms of ID based on smart cardsÓ that use integrated circuit chips to store & process data with a variety of external systems across the gov't. This report determines: actions that selected fed. agencies have taken to implement the new standard: & challenges that fed. agencies are facing in implementing the standards. Includes recommendations. Illus.Koontz, Linda D. is the author of 'Electronic Government : Agencies Face Challenges in Implementing New Federal Employee Identification Standard', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422307397 and ISBN 1422307395.