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Date Posted: Friday, February 07, 08:43:00pm In reply to: Archive 8- 100711 History of Smart Cards 's message, "Smart Access Common ID Project DOD" on Friday, February 07, 08:38:05pm http://www.cardtechnology.com/cgi-bin/readstory.pl?story=20030207CTDN085.xml ----------------------------------------------------------- Get Smarter About Smart Cards, U.S. Government Report Says ----------------------------------------------------------- A congressional review criticizes the agencies responsible for promoting smart cards in the U.S. government and recommends several steps to make it easier for federal agencies to issue smart card IDs to their employees. The report by the General Accounting Office in particular cites shortcomings at the General Services Administration, which was designated in 1998 to be the lead agency for promoting government smart card deployment. The GAO report, the most comprehensive look at government smart card programs to date, says GSA has failed to fully implement its own smart card ID program, update policy and technical guidelines and develop governmentwide standards for using smart cards for building access. The GSA "substantially" agrees with the report, says Bill Holcombe, the agency’s director of card technology. He says the report is likely to lead to greater funding for GSA smart card initiatives. GSA will prepare a formal response to the GAO report, as it is required to do. ----------------------------------------------------------- The report, prepared for a House technology subcommittee, said that as of last November 18 federal agencies had initiated 62 smart card projects. By far the largest is the Common Access Card, which the Department of Defense has issued to 1.6 million civilian and military personnel, as part of a program that aims to give smart card IDs to more than 4 million individuals. Originally budgeted at $78 million, the Defense Department project is expected to cost $1 billion by 2005. Of that, $712 million is for a so-called PKI system for issuing and maintaining digital certificates, allowing cardholders to authenticate themselves online and digitally encrypt and sign electronic documents, the report says. ------------------------------------------------------------ While the report was critical of the GSA’s efforts in some respects, it was generally supportive of smart card technology. "Results from projects that are already in place indicate that smart cards offer many useful benefits," the report states. "The broad view that GAO is taking is that it’s key technology, it’s important technology," says David Temoshok, director for identify policy and management in the GSA’s office of governmentwide policy. "I think the GAO is trying to be helpful in advancing that technology." ------------------------------------------------------------ ( 2003-02-07 ) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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