EDS To Provide HSPD-12 Identity Management Services

  • Apr 30, 2007

EDS recently announced it has been selected by the General Services Administration to provide identity management services to federal government civilian agencies. These services will allow agencies to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which calls for a mandatory government- wide standard for a secure common form of identification for all federal government employees and contractors.

The single award GSA Federal Supply Schedule task order is worth $66 million and will run through September 2011 if all options are exercised.

HSPD-12 requires federal agencies to use a standard process to establish and manage an individual's identity and then issue that individual an interoperable smart card that can be used for both physical and logical access to federal government facilities and information systems. This policy is intended to enhance security, increase efficiency, reduce identity fraud and protect personal privacy.

Under this contract, the EDS team will support GSA in issuing identity credentials to approximately 420,000 employees at 42 federal civilian agencies. EDS will provide a shared service solution for end-to-end managed services for the following core HSPD-12 system components:

  • Enrollment. Capturing a federal employee's identity, fingerprint and digital facial images and storing them in the EDS identity management system.
  • System Infrastructure. The identity management and card management systems.
  • Card Production, Issuance. Processing credential requests, producing Personal Identity Verification cards and issuing them to applicants.
  • Card Activation. Verifying applicants' identities using biometric scans and then "personalizing" cards with the applicants' PIN numbers and other information.

"We are proud to partner with GSA on this industry-leading program to issue a standard, interoperable credential to simplify security and assure the identity of federal employees," said Jim Duffey, general manager, EDS U.S. Public Sector. "We commend GSA on conducting a comprehensive evaluation, including an operational capability demonstration that gave EDS an opportunity to display our HSPD-12 services capabilities."

EDS' winning team includes services and technology companies such as Northrop Grumman Corp., ActivIdentity Corp., Data Systems Analysts Inc., Identification Technology Group, L-1 Identity Solutions, Oberthur Card Systems, and Tibco Software Inc.

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