[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 67 (Friday, April 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18063-18064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6959]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Office of E-Government and Information Technology: Notice of 
Draft Agency Implementation Guidance for Homeland Security Presidential 
Directive 12

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget requests comments on the 
draft department and agency implementation guidance on Homeland 
Security Presidential Directive 12(HSPD-12). The guidance is posted at 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/infopoltech.html.

DATES: To ensure consideration of comments, comments must be in writing 
and received by OMB no later than May 9, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this Notice should be addressed to Jeanette 
Thornton, Office of E-Government and Information Technology. You are 
encouraged to submit these comments by e-mail to [email protected]. You 
may submit via facsimile to (202) 395-5167. Comments can be mailed to 
the attention of Ms. Michele Courtney, General Services Administration 
Office of Identity Policy and Practices Division (MEI), 1800 F Street, 
NW., Room 2014 Washington, DC 20405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jeanette Thornton, Office of 
Information Technology and E-Government, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Telephone: (202) 395-3562, e-mail to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 27, 2004 the President signed 
HSPD-12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal 
Employees and Contractors. The Secretary of Commerce was asked to 
issue, by February 27, 2005, a Government-wide standard for secure and 
reliable forms of identification to be issued by the Federal Government 
to its employees and contractors. This standard (Federal

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Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201: Personal Identity 
Verification for Federal Employees and Contractors) was issued on 
February 25, 2005 and can be found at: http://www.csrc.nist.gov/piv-project/.
    The Director of the Office of Management and Budget was asked to 
ensure agency compliance with this Directive. This agency 
implementation guidance provides specific instructions to agency heads 
on how to implement the Directive and the Department of Commerce 
Standard (FIPS 201). To better inform your comments, first read FIPS 
201.
    On January 19, 2005 the General Services Administration, in 
partnership with the Department of Commerce and the Office of 
Management and Budget, held a public meeting to address the privacy and 
security concerns as they may affect individuals, including Federal 
employees and contractors as well as the public at large, in 
implementation. This meeting informed this implementation guidance.

Karen S. Evans,
Administrator for E-Government and Information Technology.
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