HSPD-12 Identity Management Initiative

Carol Bales Senior Policy Analyst

United States Office of Management and Budget

North American Day 2006

Overview of HSPD-12 Directive

• Objective: Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors– Improve the security of facilities and IT systems– Integrate physical security, information security, and human

resources– Create a minimum level of trust across the Federal

government because of minimum background check

• Requirements Documents: – Directive – Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12– Standard – FIPS 201: Personal Identity Verification for

Federal Employees and Contractors – OMB guidance – How are agencies to implement the

Directive and Standard

HSPD-12: What does it mean?

• Standard ID for all Federal Employees and Contractors– Same look– Technically Interoperable– Standard data storage

requirements– Used to access IT systems

and facilities

• Contact/Contactless Smart ID card

HSPD-12 Schedule

Date Federal Agency Action

10/27/05 Comply with FIPS 201, Part 1

10/27/06 Begin compliance with FIPS 201, Part 2

10/27/07 Verify and/or complete background investigations for all current employees and contractors

10/27/08 Complete background investigations for all Federal department or agency employees employed over 15 years

HSPD-12 Status

• Technical standards are in place– Release of biometric standard

• Policy issues are addressed– Privacy Models issued on 2/17/2006– Finalizing draft guidance regarding Foreign

Nationals

• Product testing is underway – Conformance testing ongoing by NIST– GSA interoperability testing initiated

• Focus on Government-wide approach

For more information…

Carol BalesSenior Policy Analyst

Office of Management and Budget202-395-9915

Carol_Bales@omb.eop.gov

HSPD-12http://csrc.nist.gov/piv-project

http://www.smart.gov/fips201aplhttp://www.cio.gov/ficc